[LRflex] Re: a mildly interesting read on Stock Photo Market
- From: George Lottermoser <imagist3@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:21:27 -0500
On Jul 25, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Richard Ward wrote:
> The article reads like a chapter out of an american high school textbook. The
> kind with all the enjoyment of reading edited out and as many facts as
> possible stitched together with as many neutral nouns verbs and adjectives as
> possible. After reading 90% of it, I'm glad to know the info it contains, but
> am left scratching my head over how instances of inarguably criminal
> behavior, immoral corporate structures, and gross strategic incompetencies,
> are treated with equal linguistic neutrality as used to describe neutral
> historical information.
>
> Wrong is wrong. Illegal is illegal. Evil is evil.
>
> Treating them as equivalent points to giving names, dates, and places, imho
> gives them a false note of acceptability.
>
> Noting their presence and their role is to be honest,
> treating them neutrally is to be morally dishonest.
yup - you summed up why I used "mildly."
British temperament?
Regards,
George Lottermoser
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