tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post5836545615925150238..comments2024-01-17T00:50:59.507-08:00Comments on The Encyclopedia Of Decency: RacismMalky Muscularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12239599055237749201noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-35147837613205451322007-11-21T02:05:00.000-08:002007-11-21T02:05:00.000-08:00It sounds nicer than "call a black person a spade"...It sounds nicer than "call a black person a spade", which is current American practice.Save the Oocytes!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13596820141399917244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-26991171781047920642007-11-11T11:16:00.000-08:002007-11-11T11:16:00.000-08:00Easier still to use the post delete function, to w...Easier still to use the post delete function, to which you must have access. But that would be consigning unpleasant facts to the Orwellian memory hole rather than facing them...ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-31384967062709089912007-11-11T07:34:00.000-08:002007-11-11T07:34:00.000-08:00"A spade a spade", that is. You see how easy it i..."A spade a spade", that is. You see how easy it is to drift into the realms of linguistic inexactitude?Malky Muscularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239599055237749201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-58065187743310419022007-11-11T07:33:00.000-08:002007-11-11T07:33:00.000-08:00Nuance? I don't hold with it - I stick rigidly to...Nuance? I don't hold with it - I stick rigidly to Orwell's advice on the proper naming of gardening tools.<BR/><BR/>That's why I always call a spade, unlike some who would no doubt call a spade a weapon of imperialist destruction to be used upon innocent worms, or some such nonsense.Malky Muscularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239599055237749201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-43769726404698462562007-11-11T05:18:00.000-08:002007-11-11T05:18:00.000-08:00Well, where's the nuance in that, for Rusbridger's...Well, where's the nuance in that, for Rusbridger's sake?Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-69712311890114067012007-11-10T16:10:00.000-08:002007-11-10T16:10:00.000-08:00That all comes under the handy, catch-all term Fas...That all comes under the handy, catch-all term <EM>Fascism.</EM>Malky Muscularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239599055237749201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-68564063931744238692007-11-10T14:56:00.000-08:002007-11-10T14:56:00.000-08:00What about anti-Americanism, anti-Britishnessism, ...What about anti-Americanism, anti-Britishnessism, anti-westernism, anti-enlightenmentism, and anti-British-jobs-for-British-workersism?Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.com