Tjack Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 According to AOL news today the city of San Francisco will now be referring to convicted felons “Justice Involved Persons”. Sometimes the tide of politically correct butchering of language has me in mind of 1984’s new-speak The idea that calling the guy who pushed an old lady down in the street breaking her hip so he could steal the rent money out of her purse a little easier a nicer name will make him a better person is insane. I like the word we used to have for people like these...scumbag. This is like when your’re watching the news and a reporter refers to someone, either victim or perpetrator as “an urban youth”. Once everyone knows what the code phrase means it starts getting a little silly. George Carlin is currently spinning in his grave like the wheel on an Indy 500 race car. He would tell us to borrow a set of balls, strap ‘em on and for the love of whoever you believe in just say what you mean. Thanks for letting me vent, the pressure in my head is going away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Well, it's being pushed out by the same people that create don't text and drive billboards. My daughter laughs herself silly every time we drive by it. "Better left unread than dead." ....Um....the text message or the billboard? Both?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted August 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 39 minutes ago, ScottishFox said: Well, it's being pushed out by the same people that create don't text and drive billboards. My daughter laughs herself silly every time we drive by it. "Better left unread than dead." ....Um....the text message or the billboard? Both?? The writer Spider Robinson once wrote about a bus sign that said “Illiterate? Write for help.” I thought it was just something he made up until I saw one for myself. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Don Watson wrote two books on this very topic. Here are links to his books. (Will tidy this post up later) https://www.penguin.com.au/books/death-sentence-9780143790983 https://www.penguin.com.au/books/watsons-dictionary-of-weasel-words-9781740513661 BoloOfEarth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 58 minutes ago, Tjack said: The idea that calling the guy who pushed an old lady down in the street breaking her hip so he could steal the rent money out of her purse a little easier a nicer name will make him a better person is insane. I like the word we used to have for people like these...scumbag. Look, it's going to take about ten seconds for the internet to turn "JIP" into a deeply derogatory pejorative. Don't worry about it. Pariah and Pattern Ghost 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Tjack said: According to AOL news today the city of San Francisco will now be referring to convicted felons “Justice Involved Persons”. Sometimes the tide of politically correct butchering of language has me in mind of 1984’s new-speak The idea that calling the guy who pushed an old lady down in the street breaking her hip so he could steal the rent money out of her purse a little easier a nicer name will make him a better person is insane. I like the word we used to have for people like these...scumbag. This is like when your’re watching the news and a reporter refers to someone, either victim or perpetrator as “an urban youth”. Once everyone knows what the code phrase means it starts getting a little silly. George Carlin is currently spinning in his grave like the wheel on an Indy 500 race car. He would tell us to borrow a set of balls, strap ‘em on and for the love of whoever you believe in just say what you mean. Thanks for letting me vent, the pressure in my head is going away. I think our legal system is too punitive and rigged besides...for you if you're rich, against you if you're poor. I DO believe that we should go less for punishing and more for rehabilitating... I have become , in short, a bleeding heart on the subject and will remain so until I'm mugged, assaulted, robbed or whatever... And even I think "Justice Involved persons" is ...a profoundly moronic term. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 On the other hand, it has the strength that police, judges, prosecutors, etc., are also "Justice Involved Persons" as I interpret those words, and ... that has ... a certain appealing symmetry ... BoloOfEarth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Holy Hell! AOL is still a thing?! Pattern Ghost, Hermit and Pariah 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 I would like to be referred to as a 'Couch Involved Person'. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 I'll take "Very Involved Person". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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