March 3, 2004
Still on the road.
Don Watson in Death Sentence writes
"Democracy depends upon plain language. It depends upon common understanding. We need to feel safe in the assumption that words mean whatt they are commonly understood to mean. Deliberate ambiguity, slides of meaning, obscure, incomprehensible or meaningless words poison the democratic process. They erode trust. Depleted language always comes with a depleted democracy."
We end up with empty gestures.
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