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Ten Words and Phrases we'd Like to see Go Away
Lewis
Goldberg
08/11/2003
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the whole series:
In
the fine tradition of the Ten Words and Phrases, here are ten
socio-lingual nightmares that have worn out there welcome - assuming they
ever had one.
Equality
- The American
version of equality - that before the law - was bastardized by
pagan/heretic French politicians in the late 1700's into equality of
outcomes. One need not walk far down the street to notice that human beings
are anything but equal in a host of categories. But, I suppose, politics is
not about reality. Now, here in the US, we are fast trading the American
version for the French, but such is the nature of our 'living'
constitution...
Living
Constitution -
Kill it! Kill it now! It wasn't supposed to breathe...it was supposed to mean
something. Today it means nothing. What was the point of drafting the thing
if no one takes it seriously? A benevolent dictatorship would be preferable
- or maybe that's what we're being greased up for?
Family
Values - A
hollow phrase, which is only allowed if one defers stating whose
family and which values. A preferable alternative would be 'Biblical
Values.' At least we'd be making a definite statement.
Social
Contract - I
didn't sign no contract, social or otherwise. The term social contract
was invented by someone that found out how nifty it was to live off the
largesse of other people, and wanted a righteous-sounding justification for
it. Interesting how I can be shot and killed by the state for breaking a
contract I never knowingly entered. We all stay shackled to it, since the
only way out is by use of like force.
Enable
- Politicians always want to enable someone with my money. Here's a novel
concept: let me enable myself, and let everyone else do the same. No matter
what the program, all they ever do with all that enabling is buy more
smokes and beer anyway.
Fair
Share -
Involves mainly people who didn't work for it, the ability to buy more
smokes and beer. See enable.
____-person
- It's mailman, congressman and fireman, thank you. Women entering
traditionally male employment is a waning fad. No need to change the whole
language over it. Even if it wasn't, a woman's place it still
in the home, not out taking away work from men who have families to support
- their traditional and God-given role. [I'll save you time - click here
to send me a nasty letter about my bad attitude.]
Mentor/Role
Model - People
spend an awful lot of energy promoting 'mentoring' and being a 'role model'
to children, yet spend absolutely no time promoting parenthood. Or -
okay, you want a role model? How about Jesus? How about Paul? Why is it
always some drug-addled, womanizing pimp of a sports star? That, or some
liberal, beard-and-ponytail, sensitive guy that cries and reads poetry. We
shouldn't be surprised that kids are growing up without men in the house
when society absolved them of their responsibility with welfare, Roe v.
Wade, and free condoms [not to mention equality]
Belief
System - There
are no belief 'systems:' there's God's plan for humanity, and then there's
our stupid ideas. You think all roads lead to heaven? Better bring some
extra food [might as well bring along the smokes and beer too.]
Democratic
- If I hear one more politician - president or otherwise - talk about our
'democratic society' I'm gonna puke. The dumbest thing the drafters of the
Constitution did was fail to put in term limits for every elected office. I
want to see politicians so hamstrung they can't even call a vote on whether
to have lunch or not. When I think of reform, I think of removing the
furnaces and air conditioners from Capitol Hill. They should meet for about
two weeks and then go home for the rest of the year and leave us the heck
alone.
Well,
this list already had to be trimmed down to make it ten - which invites a
part 2 someday. Send me your suggestions, and we'll continue this later. To
those of you who drink beer and smoke, I have nothing against them - you'll
have to send me a letter
to ask why I included that as a humor device.
Your comments and questions are encouraged. [editor@patriotist.com]
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