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"Ron Baker, Pluralitas!" |
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27 Nov 2005 08:12:00 PM |
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OT- euphemisms |
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
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rb
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
27 Nov 2005 11:25:18 PM |
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"Ron Baker, Pluralitas!" <stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote in
news:kqoif.43119$2k6.5716@tornado.socal.rr.com:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
"liberation."
--
Doc Smartass XP - New Interface, Same Old *****
RELIGION! It's the illness, not the cure.
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| User: "Arturo Magidin" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
27 Nov 2005 08:16:26 PM |
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In article <kqoif.43119$2k6.5716@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
Ron Baker, Pluralitas! <stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote:
[.snip.]
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
"Private Wealth-Redistribution Officer."
There's a classic one by Chesterton (I think) that might be
paraphrased as "overpowering love for private property"
(regardless of whose private property).
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"It's not denial. I'm just very selective about
what I accept as reality."
--- Calvin ("Calvin and Hobbes")
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Arturo Magidin
magidin@math.berkeley.edu
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
27 Nov 2005 10:06:59 PM |
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(Arturo Magidin) wrote in news:dmd46q$meu$1
@agate.berkeley.edu:
In article <kqoif.43119$2k6.5716@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
Ron Baker, Pluralitas! <stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote:
[.snip.]
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
"Private Wealth-Redistribution Officer."
There's a classic one by Chesterton (I think) that might be
paraphrased as "overpowering love for private property"
(regardless of whose private property).
Proactive Wealth Redistribution.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"I actually think what we learned during the inspection
made Iraq a more dangerous place, potentially, than,
in fact, we thought it was even before the war." -- David Kay
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=6075
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| User: "Sean C" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
30 Nov 2005 07:56:40 AM |
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In article <kqoif.43119$2k6.5716@tornado.socal.rr.com>, Ron Baker,
Pluralitas! <stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
"Unsecured asset identification, procurement, and reallocation system."
"Debt-free personal finance."
"Life-enhancing, involuntary exchange program."
Sean C
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| User: "atheist@home" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
28 Nov 2005 03:59:04 AM |
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:12:00 GMT, "Ron Baker, Pluralitas!"
<stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
"Gittin paid."
Several years ago here in Memphis two armed robbers went into a store,
pulled a gun on the clerk and demanded money.
There was a second clerk who dropped down behind the counter, grabbed
his own gun and when one of the robbers jumped up on the counter the
clerk shot him.
The wounded robber was interviewed by a tv news reporter later and
said something to the effect of: "They wasn't no sense in dat man; we
wudn't gonna hurt nobody; all's we wanted to do was to go in dere an
git paid. They jest wasn't no sense in it."
atheist@home#1554
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| User: "" |
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27 Nov 2005 10:11:45 PM |
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:12:00 GMT, "Ron Baker, Pluralitas!"
<stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
"involuntary commodities redistribution"
--
zamboni #2139
BAAWA Assistant to the Vice-Administrator of Malevolence
EAC Tertiary Adjunct to the Dispenser of Obfuscation.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
27 Nov 2005 10:14:46 PM |
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:12:00 GMT, "Ron Baker, Pluralitas!"
<stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
"needs-based redistribution initiative"
--
zamboni #2139
BAAWA Assistant to the Vice-Administrator of Malevolence
EAC Tertiary Adjunct to the Dispenser of Obfuscation.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
28 Nov 2005 11:12:35 PM |
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:12:00 GMT, "Ron Baker, Pluralitas!"
<stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
Asset reallocation
TheRain
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
28 Nov 2005 03:03:02 AM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Ron Baker, Pluralitas!
(stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa) made the light shine upon us with this:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
Equalizing the overly equal.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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sig under construction
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| User: "Hannele Huigens" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
28 Nov 2005 10:12:11 PM |
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Op Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:12:00 +0100 schreef Ron Baker, Pluralitas!
<stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa>:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
--
rb
Shoplifting: "proletarian shopping". (Not mine, was in use in my country
for a while.)
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Hannele
aa #2221
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| User: "Jim07D5" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
28 Nov 2005 10:32:08 PM |
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"Hannele Huigens" <Hannele@lycos.nl> said:
<...>
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
<...>
Shoplifting: "proletarian shopping". (Not mine, was in use in my country
for a while.)
We used to call it the "five finger discount".
Also:
Eminent domain
Inventory shrinkage
Redistribute
Commandeer
--- Jim07D5
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT- euphemisms |
30 Nov 2005 10:24:49 PM |
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:12:11 +0100, "Hannele Huigens"
<Hannele@lycos.nl> wrote:
Op Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:12:00 +0100 schreef Ron Baker, Pluralitas!
<stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa>:
One thing I like about George Will is his ability to
turn a clever phrase or euphemism.
He described Condi Rice as having a "versatility
of conviction". (Meaning she would enthusiastically
tell whatever lie her boss told her to this week.)
I was thinking of a euphemism for 'theft'.
It occurs to me that thieves often justify
their thieving with the rationalization that they are
unfairly disadvantaged while the victim is
overly privileged. There is often a classism
or victimology based rationalization.
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
"individual initiative communism"
"unilateral social-financial engineering"
"projective communism"
"private initiative uninlateral recompensation"
--
rb
Shoplifting: "proletarian shopping". (Not mine, was in use in my country
for a while.)
Shoplifting: "five-finger discounting."
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "" |
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27 Nov 2005 09:45:25 PM |
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Ron Baker, Pluralitas! wrote:
A good PC euphemism would not be immediately
perjorative. As euphemisms for
'theft' what do you think of:
By the way: the usual mexican euphemism for "thief" is "Amante de lo
ajeno", i.e., "lover of other people's property".
Arturo Magidin, sans .sig
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