tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post1587337275896897765..comments2024-03-26T20:19:35.180-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Plastic WordsOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-81187699185977328592021-12-08T10:27:18.255-05:002021-12-08T10:27:18.255-05:00Thanks for the link, TB. Like the technosphere, Fo...Thanks for the link, TB. Like the technosphere, Fox News has deeply corrupted the political language of our day.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-45984141461941520132021-12-07T21:12:04.725-05:002021-12-07T21:12:04.725-05:00May I add,
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/ar...May I add,<br /><br />https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/09/fox-news-trump-language-stelter-hoax/616309/<br /><br />TBTrailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436709163754934547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-40189145701971825692021-12-07T20:26:18.156-05:002021-12-07T20:26:18.156-05:001984 has become a handbook for the Right, TB -- a ...1984 has become a handbook for the Right, TB -- a how-to guide.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67709347144549302772021-12-07T20:25:04.671-05:002021-12-07T20:25:04.671-05:00For Musk, more people means more potential custome...For Musk, more people means more potential customers, Rob. He might be rich. But he's missed the boat.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-46262922153755291302021-12-07T19:27:05.136-05:002021-12-07T19:27:05.136-05:00Woke is a wonderful example.
As for.. Take, for ex...Woke is a wonderful example.<br />As for.. Take, for example, woke. In the space of a few months woke has gone from whatever the speaker wanted to an insult.<br />My take on woke is it was originally meant to 'be aware of'<br />The bastardisation of language is Orwellian newspeak, mastered by right wing intellectuals to control the semi literate masses.<br /><br />TB <br /><br /><br /><br />Trailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436709163754934547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-20530028003044355522021-12-07T17:54:48.089-05:002021-12-07T17:54:48.089-05:00How do you combat the likes of this?
An article ...How do you combat the likes of this?<br /><br /><br />An article in the USA Today: <br />Business mogul Elon Musk is more concerned with under-population than over-population. The Tesla CEO said Monday that there are "not enough people" in the world and it could threaten human civilization.<br /><br />It made the anti-abortion crowd happy.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02393396505700559503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-81793679082508182021-12-07T17:14:13.275-05:002021-12-07T17:14:13.275-05:00Exactly, CD. Like children hiding under the covers...Exactly, CD. Like children hiding under the covers, we think the problem will go away.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-1981320815021851712021-12-07T17:12:27.546-05:002021-12-07T17:12:27.546-05:00The graffiti always gets to the point, Toby.The graffiti always gets to the point, Toby.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-80913405529457327762021-12-07T17:11:17.225-05:002021-12-07T17:11:17.225-05:00We don't like limits, Mound. They damage egos....We don't like limits, Mound. They damage egos.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-52813150878618286332021-12-07T17:10:10.338-05:002021-12-07T17:10:10.338-05:00Orwell said it was the sound of ducks quacking, sa...Orwell said it was the sound of ducks quacking, sal.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-42415651927761734432021-12-07T16:25:29.677-05:002021-12-07T16:25:29.677-05:00I think this observation about the role of a kind ...I think this observation about the role of a kind of Orwellian "language" in impeding our thinking processes is "right on". It is a very popular language today, and it certainly eases any worries we might have about our future climate by suggesting technology will solve any issues caused by our careless use and dangerous production of energy. So there is no need even to think about such things. Twenty years ago, after a presentation about the dangers of atomic energy following the near melt-down of a generator in Pennsylvania, the audience I was part of was urged to think about limiting nuclear energy, or possibly suffer the fatal consequences of nuclear accidents. One member of the audience, whom I knew well, and was a lone voice, rose to state that if he had to limit the electricity to live as he saw fit, it was not worth curtailing nuclear generation. Not much has changed since then, and our language allows us to gracefully avoid talking about such issues.<br /><br />CDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-19872464900864308522021-12-07T14:55:36.350-05:002021-12-07T14:55:36.350-05:00Politically correct language has been with us sinc...Politically correct language has been with us since the dawn of civilization. What is happening now is that the Internet is speeding up the evolution of plastic words. Take, for example, <i>woke</i>. In the space of a few months <i>woke</i> has gone from whatever the speaker wanted to an insult. <br /><br />What is fortunate, Owen, is that along with political correctness we have graffiti which has also been around for a very long time. Imagine spending half a career deciphering a bit of hieroglyphics only to find that it reads, "Pharaoh sucks." Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-12047302057857171212021-12-07T14:33:49.677-05:002021-12-07T14:33:49.677-05:00I caught Nikiforuk's Southam Lecture online. ...I caught Nikiforuk's Southam Lecture online. It's now been posted to YouTube.<br /> <br />https://youtu.be/NtyY-_1fY-8<br /><br />Definitely worth watching.<br /><br />I was pleased to hear Nikiforuk incorporate economic and population growth as factors that combine with emissions (and many other forms of pollution) to create our climate emergency.<br /><br />It was four or more years ago that Camilo Mora broke ranks with his fellow climate scientists to recognize over-consumption and overpopulation as cornerstones of the climate crisis. This triad reveals its own solution: mankind must adjust as necessary to live in harmony with our biosphere. We have to accept the finite bounds of Earth. Ignoring that simple truth has caused most of the ecological ruin that confronts us today.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-5421455844673176462021-12-07T13:54:42.734-05:002021-12-07T13:54:42.734-05:00.. This rationale & post follows hard & sh..... This rationale & post follows hard & shining on a Mound comment this AM.. re ‘prelates’<br /><br />I myself rail here n there of how ‘umm’ has become a standard aspect of live commentary vernacular.. it’s not uncommon to hear something like this (below) & a pundit responding to a question about Covid, Tar Sands ‘venting’ into the Athabaska River, ‘standing up to China’ etc etc<br /><br />‘umm, yes.. well truth be told, in the fulsomness of time, um in my honest opinion we have to ah build back better to spur economic growth & get back uh to a new normal, grow the middle class of course, um, stimulate our infrastructure via umm temporary uh foreign labour incentives and just uh lower corporate tax to umm invigorate new incentives furthering Nation Building’ ah um.. to be perfectly honest in this environment & take it umm to heart without further uh delay’the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com