One of my favorite philosophers, Pascal said this many moons ago...Our thoughts are shaped and "suspended" by language...It is hard to conceive of things that we cannot name, that we dont have a word for...If you read books like 1984 etc you will notice that powers that be pay very close attention to words and language. I notice in our modern society that media and the powers that be also make use of language to shape our opinion and thought--It is not a WALL, it is a separation barrier..It is no longer terrorsism it is a man cause disaster (or some such thing) We live in Orwellian, doublespeak times and people are not even aware of it --most people, anyways..Now it is nolonger Global warming, it is this...
From the administration that brought you "man-caused disaster" and "overseas contingency operation," another terminology change is in the pipeline.
The White House wants the public to start using the term "global climate disruption" in place of "global warming" -- fearing the latter term oversimplifies the problem and makes it sound less dangerous than it really is.
White House science adviser John Holdren urged people to start using the phrase during a speech last week in Oslo, echoing a plea he made three years earlier. Holdren said global warming is a "dangerous misnomer" for a problem far more complicated than a rise in temperature.
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