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To Kill a Word: Orwellian Linguistics
Suite101.com Inc ^ | September 26, 2000 Timeless FR Post 09-06-01 | Robert Henderson

Posted on 09/06/2001 11:51:55 AM PDT by vannrox

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To: gcruse
> How dangerous could that be?) :)

Not so dangerous to us, but the word "bourgeoisie" helped generations of socialists believe that there is a burgher class who are all identifiable and who all behave in a way that conforms to this class, and that this behavior is often evil. Every aspect of this thinking is nonsense -- yet millions of people have been murdered by the Left because they were "bourgeois" and condemned as exploiters.

21 posted on 09/06/2001 4:50:52 PM PDT by T'wit
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To: gcruse
Don't forget two that are particularly apropos to this discussion: Schadenfreude und Weltanschauung.

Oh, Vergessen Sie nicht das Wort "Angst".

22 posted on 09/07/2001 6:30:13 AM PDT by George Smiley (george.smiley@lycos.com)
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To: George Smiley
Not to mention the cautionary note to all who would mess with complicated machinery... nogefingerpoken.
23 posted on 09/07/2001 12:52:19 PM PDT by gcruse
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