Posted by Kev on February 1, 2000, at 11:52:55
In reply to Re: DP's Lair--The Tedious Play By Play, posted by citiboy on February 1, 2000, at 0:18:57
> > The thing to do is to throw out the concept of
> > "cleaning" and replace it with the concept
> > of "dirt reduction".
> // additional material snipped//
> > -Kev
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Good grief!
>
> This sort of statement reminds me of the euphemisms
> the U.S. military spewed out to reporters during
> the Vietnam war (remember that?).
>
> During one particular press conference, this one
> Air Force big-wig got testy with the press and
> said the following (paraphrased):
>
> "You reporters always say we're BOMBING, BOMBING,
> BOMBING! Well, it's not BOMBING! It's air
> support!"
>
> I let the gentle readers of this group be the
> judge of the analogy.****"Dirt reduction", like "air support", is no propagandistic euphemism. Both are ways of respecifying concepts such as "cleaning" or "bombing" in such a way as to precisely define objectives and to consequently enable the objectives to regulate the allocation of resources (bombs, floor polish, etc.) in an efficient and effective manner.
-Kev
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