Comments on: “War on Terror” Doublespeak http://stilgherrian.com/politics/war_on_terror_doublespeak/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:50:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/war_on_terror_doublespeak/#comment-239 Stilgherrian Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:10:41 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/war_on_terror_doublespeak/#comment-239 I’ve just been told that a friend who’s teaching “English for business and IT” in Germany will be using <a href=\\\"http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6654\\\" rel=\"nofollow\" rel="nofollow">this Cato Institute report</a> as a comprehension exercise in his next lesson. Perhaps he should use that most famous piece of doublespeak, “<a href=\\\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_macht_frei\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\" rel=\"nofollow\" rel="nofollow">Arbeit macht frei</a>”. I’ve just been told that a friend who’s teaching “English for business and IT” in Germany will be using this Cato Institute report as a comprehension exercise in his next lesson.

Perhaps he should use that most famous piece of doublespeak, “Arbeit macht frei”.

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