Reply #41: Sorry if I offended [View All]

[mememe]

I apologize if I offended.

I agree that "the speeches of most political leaders ... are often equally flawed." That is exactly my point. We have in this instance allowed politicians to redefine, over time, the common perception that people have of words like "rich". This redefinition suits the interests of politicians because it allows them to treat words as malleable things with no fixed, certain meaning. Thus they are able to say one thing while running for office and later claim that they were just misunderstood when they renege on their promises. "After all when I said X I meant ......" It is in the publics interest that words of plain meaning not get distorted out of all recognition. Thus income is what one gets, wealth is what one accumulates. Similarly what we did in Korea was a "war" not a "police action". What we did in Iraq was "invade", not some other euphemism.

As I admitted in my prior post I'll confess to a certain amount of priggishness. I did not intend to insult you. I'm just a stickler for precise language.