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On Nov 25, 5:19*pm, D7666 wrote:
On Nov 25, 4:57 pm, Boltar wrote: On Nov 25, 2:05 pm, "Richard J." wrote: By the way, please don't use the word 'nazi' to describe something that's just irritating. *It's gratuitous exaggeration, doesn't help your argument, and devalues the horrors of the real Nazis. Lighten up. Its a common colloquialism Indeed. If one goes down the road of censorship i.e. by attempting to prevent the use of certain words then [a] one is guilty of the same totalitarianism of the subject that started this digression [b] one will ended up not using any adjectives in case someone somewhere at sometime did something to somebody in history. As someone who is sometimes flippant and exaggerates, I am often corrected on what I say. I would never consider it to be "censorship" if someone suggests that I should be more accurate. It would be too bizarre even for me to defend my inaccuracy on the grounds of correction being censorship. |
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On Nov 25, 10:47 pm, MIG wrote:
On Nov 25, 5:19 pm, D7666 wrote: If one goes down the road of censorship i.e. by attempting to prevent I would never consider it to be "censorship" if someone suggests that I should be more accurate. I did say ''down the road to'' meaning we had not actually got there yet ... -- Nick |
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