Today was the day that in 1944 allied troops fought Nazi soldiers on the beaches of Normandy, France. This battle gained us a foothold in Normandy contributing to the end of World War II in Europe. Many lives were lost, but the troops wouldn’t settle for anything less than victory. We call this day, “D-Day.”
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” —Winston Churchill
Of course, “not guilty” would be a bald-faced lie.
My actual philosophy on whether a topic is OK for joking was best expressed by Dennis Miller…
I didn’t say how it should work, just how it does work. And really: can you argue that this hasn’t been done repeatedly?
The Overview Effect refers to the experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be….
Seriously: just about every public official ought to be wearing them — with the public being able to randomly view interactions.
Heh heh heh.
“Newspeak” was the language mandated by the totalitarian state ruled by “the Party” in the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Newspeak is a controlled language, of restricted grammar and limited vocabulary, a linguistic design meant to limit the freedom of thought.
There’s a lot more about the George Washington “Cannot tell a lie” story taught it American schools. Such as: it’s a total lie.