[LINK] Theft, copyright, larceny...

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 10:57 +1000, Stewart Fist wrote:
> then gives us some examples of neo-con use of emotive language:
> "basic services" when talking about gigabit/sec optical fibre connections to
> homes in the outback.

Snide, Stewart, snide.

I did not say that fibre to the home is a basic service, I have said it
*should be* a basic service, that it *should be* what we aspire to.

> I, for one, will continue to use "theft" and "piracy" when writing for
> public consumption, despite attempts on the Link to impose legalistic
> euphemisms.

Euphemism is using a "nicer" word rather than the correct word. What
people here are saying is that words like "theft" and "piracy" are the
*wrong* words. It's a fine distinction, but I'm sure someone whose
business is words will see it.

At this point I could be very snide indeed and say that sensationalising
the banal is pretty standard for the media. We're all familiar with
journalists being part of the problem instead of part of the solution. 

But perhaps you will use the terms more carefully than the above bald
statement would suggest.

Regards, K.

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