Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Weasel Words

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

Apr 20, 2004 5:27:08 PM | Random Musings

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