atw: Re: SEC: UNCLASS Weasel words
- From: "Allan Charlton" <Allan.Charlton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:06:16 +1000
Howard said:
> the authors of that passage seemed to be introducing
> it so that they could appear to be promising to do
> something about training when they were really just
> promising to kick ideas around.
Agreed. Saying that some unidentified person or group will implement a
framework merely suggests that perhaps someone might draw a picture of
someone else's concept.
I also noticed that they used the passive voice, so that they couldn't
be blamed for inaction. It could always be someone else's inaction. If
they had said "We will implement a Divisional learning and development
framework ..." they would be making a commitment, and they carefully
avoided that.
The real question might be whether the authors realised how transparent
they were.
Allan
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