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Message: [QUOTE="blmblm, post: 4222233"] Someone should perhaps mention, in this context, George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language" [*]? one of my favorites, which seems to make a similar connection between language and ethics. [*] I'd say "GIYF", but maybe it would be worthwhile for me to save people a bit of time .... Good heavens, there's a Wikipedia article! [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Language[/URL] with links at the bottom to several versions of the original text. [ snip ] [/QUOTE]