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Re:How the DEA took a young man’s life savings without charg... by hinkley on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @02:00AM (#9537061)
Are you saying you haven't noticed the systemic pattern of baking soft language into laws?

Have you not noticed the names they put on bills to get them through Congress (state or federal)? Right to Work? No Child Left Behind? DOMA, Internet Freedom Act. Hell, the Affordable Care Act (I SAID IT, sue me!)

These guys have it figured out, and when we figure it out they just change tactics. If they're that brazenly Orwellian on the title page how can they not be spending time softening the text in the middle?

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Re:How the DEA took a young man’s life savings without charg... by sdoering on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @02:41AM (#9537199)
In Germany we have a great blog dedicated to detecting these words and dismantling them. And showing what they really mean and what the cover.

It is called "Neusprech.org" (newspeak.org translated). Really a great resource.

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