08-30-2015, 10:46
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Originally Posted by Richard
Phonetically, that would be xeit.
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Hoffentlich ist es so , auf dem Weg aus
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08-30-2015, 16:06
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“The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc [the state ideology of Oceania], but to make all other modes of thought impossible,” Orwell said.
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http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/29/or...mpus-near-you/
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08-30-2015, 18:01
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You know...the left might just be on to something...making up words and screwing with definitions by fiat can be momentarily satisfying...
Henceforth, the excretory opening at the lower end of my alimentary canal...shall be called...
"Hillary."
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08-30-2015, 21:59
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Language is not only how we communicate with each other, but how we learn and communicate with ourselves.
I had a girlfriend that had a neighbor that was French born but a naturalized American citizen. He was an interpreter at the French Consulate in L.A. He spoke 3 languages: French, English, and Spanish. He told us that he spoke in English, thought in French, and dreamed in Spanish.
Point being, in our heads, we talk to ourselves (think) in our primary language. If they change the words that we learned to think with, they can change the way we think and what we think.
Example: We had a Department of War from our founding until 1949 when they changed it to the Department of Defense. How did that change they way people think?
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08-31-2015, 09:51
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Umm, that's the source of the memo.
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09-01-2015, 11:39
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Umm, that's the source of the memo.
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There's some things you just cannot "unsee".....
Thanks Sir.....now I need an acid eyewash
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09-01-2015, 19:22
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But, in fairness to all possible gender identities, I will simply refer to the author as "it."
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08-31-2015, 11:13
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Originally Posted by PSM
I had a girl(gender non-specific)friend that had a neighbor that was French born but a naturalized American (can't use that word, it makes non-Americans feel uncomforatble)citizen. He (xe?) was an interpreter at the French Consulate in L.A. He (xe?) spoke 3 languages: French, English, and Spanish. He (xe?)told us that he spoke in English, thought in French, and dreamed in Spanish.
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The thought police would be all over you Pat. How insensitive to people's genders and nationalities you are! 
All this language changing, words appearing and disappearing from day to day. Who the #$@* knows what to call who or how to say anything anymore. Makes me wonder if the ultimate goal isn't necessarily a PC society and a greatly restructured language, but of such confusion as to whats proper that the result is...
silence.
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08-31-2015, 21:14
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I acknowledge and accept your right to be offended as long as you acknowledge and accept my right to not give a fuck!
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08-31-2015, 22:37
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I acknowledge and accept your right to be offended as long as you acknowledge and accept my right to not give a fuck!
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I don't give a fuck if they acknowledge and accept my right not to give a fuck.
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