A letter to various Editors of News Papers and others. Concerning the use of bad language within the context of policy decisions in the middle of a global pandemic. A gentle nudge of sorts.
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
After 20 months of Pandemic, I have had enough of a certain, deliberate linguistic inaccuracy.
Preventative Public Health Measures are not 'restrictions'. They are measures designed to protect Public Health, a fundamental moral and legal duty of care of every decent Government.
'Restrictions' is an emotive word trap. It engenders an emotional reaction to resist being restricted. It is a wholly inappropriate term to use under the current conditions.
There are some cunning linguists in positions of Public and Civil Authority, and in the Press and News Media and elsewhere.
We must outwit them. To protect the Public Health.
Yours sincerely,
Yours sincerely,
Corneilius Crowley
London
Corneilius
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