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Old 01-08-2007, 11:53 AM   #25 (permalink)
crac
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Default English language has been twisted for political gain.

There is certainly a very deep and unconscious sense of justice and rightness that British/English people feel and respond from in their attitudes to those who are supposed to represent their interests.

You can't get rid of it, and so you can't get rid of humanism, which says that love or value for people, their feelings, their needs, their pains, their suffering should always trump all other values.

And therefore in an unconscious way there is always a sense of justified outrage and even hatred directed at those who say that humanism is bad.
Which puts any person who says that , even with a good reason, in a nasty pit of hatred always, which is inhuman of course but who said people were logical.

Which brings me to my point that it is the ideas in our language of discourse which have been twisted to mean the opposite of what they should mean and its time to put that right because if we can't agree on what our words mean then we will never agree on anything.

You cannot banish political correctness, because that definition does not define the problem. I think the problem is the twisting and redefinition of our language so that fairness does not mean fairness, because those who use these words as their moral basis are allowed to get away with promoting policies that are unfair in practise to the majority, unfair to our historical values, unfair to our beliefs.

When you say humanity is the reason for your action how can it be humanity if it is against the humanity of the majority. Where is the humanity to the English school child who, in the classroom has to repudiate respect for his/her own country and history and culture, to escape from bullying and criticism from pupils and teachers.

Equality does not exist in nature or in culture or in history it is entirely a false concept. I don't think there is any logical or experiential or scientific basis for the word at all. The word simply does not exist and should not be accepted as a meaningfull word at all.

Similarly the idea that all values or cultures are equal or the same is also not supported by any evidence from science or culture or history or the natural world. This definition of equal does not exist, cannot exist is meaningless. the word cannot be used in that way in that sentence. Its like saying all things are equal!!!!! Its just meaningless, nothing can be inferred from such nonsensical language.

All words in our language come from history and culture, which gives them their meaning. No other words should be accepted from the mouths of those who have an important job as spokesperson, or leader then those words which are firmly rooted in a common culture and a shared value by history and experience.

I believe its possible to return the meaning of our words to their cultural roots and point out that dignity for others cannot cannnot cannot ever be allowed to mean less dignity for the majority. and if it has had this result then it is wrong.

thats where i'm coming from, if the basis of things are correct or right then everything else will come right. and its very important how groups of responsiible or influential people use language or allow it to be used.
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