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Re:Italian Supreme Court: News "expires", online archives wo... by nickff on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @11:40AM (#12549199)
Thanks for posting this.

Many are also persistently pushing to change what is 'acceptable' vocabulary to change how people think, as Orwell described in the Newspeak appendix.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#The_Newsp...

Re:Italian Supreme Court: News "expires", online archives wo... by tehwalrus on Thursday September 22, 2016 @04:20AM (#12555345)
My only beef is when the law comes down hard on language, as per the Italian courts (or minitrue). People arguing about acceptable language (or, essentially, what is ethical and what isn't) is not a bad thing.
Re:Italian Supreme Court: News "expires", online archives wo... by joeframbach on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:49PM (#12549937)
http://alexjs.com/ for example.
Re:Italian Supreme Court: News "expires", online archives wo... by sqeaky on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:38PM (#12550424)
In 1984 they weren't trying to adjust the vocabulary to be more inclusive and make every feel more comfortable about open discourse in a fully optional way.

They wanted to erase words that could denigrate the party, change the meanings of words that could be used against the party or add new words that could only say good thing about the party.

Things libel laws that stop free speech, how many politicians wiggle through the truth or how people who try to mandate political correct speech like extreme SJWs seem like the problems indicated here.