I came across an interesting quote this morning:
" ...'social' is a weasel word that has acquired the power to empty the nouns it qualifies of their meanings"
F.A Hayek 'Our Poisoned Language, The Fatal Conceit
...and it's true, put social in front of any verb and it becomes meaningless:
Social Justice
Social Equality
Social Housing
Social Worker
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Tom Watson has been a journalist for more than 20 years. - Anthony Wells
Considered blog on UK politics - Rod McLaren
Rodcorp does honest work, helps people get interesting things done, and makes art. - Alex Laurie
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UK politics, citizenship and participation Seb Dance and Jonathan Briggs - Democracies Online Newswire
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Online Public Engagement in Policy Deliberation - PistonHeads.com - TVR, Lotus, Porsche, Ferrari...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
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