Monday, August 12, 2019

Banned Words

All kinds of words have been banned over the years.  The first word that comes to my mind is antidisestablishmentarianism, but that's probably just me.  I'm a bit odd.

On my previous contribution to the overall knowledge of mankind, a casual reader delurked a left a single, succinct suggestion.


When you use the phrase "gun control" you cede most of the ground to The Enemy, who created that phrase for just that purpose. Use "disarming the law-abiding" because THAT is what is under "discussion" (a term you should also reject).

My thanks to Lens Larque for an excellent suggestion.

Beginning today, the phrase gun control will no longer appear in any of my posts.  Instead, I'll use disarming the law-abiding public.  I'll have to find something else to replace discussion with.  Something on the order of "unwarranted attack" comes to mind.

Comments may, of course, use whatever language the author of the comment sees fit.



3 comments:

Glen Filthie said...

Agreed. And henceforth, the term 'assault rifle' is hereby prohibited speech too! In the future, such guns will be henceforth known as 'sport utility rifles'.

Ed Bonderenka said...

Excellent!

Mad Jack said...

Glen: Good point. Thanks.
Ed: Thank you.