Unspeak

Steven Poole is the author of a book titled 'Unspeak'. He was recently intervied on ABC Radio National and had this to say:

...'unspeak' is a political term that smuggles in an opinion about what it's supposed to be describing. So take a very simple example, the phrase 'tax relief' which is often used by conservatives in America especially...

I thought it was very intersting just how many of these 'unpeak' terms are actually used today without much notice. Here are just a few:

• climate change
• global warming
• war on terror
• ethnic cleansing
• weapons of mass desstruction
• alsylum seekers

It's amazing how a few simple words can completly change the way we think about things...

Links: [Steve Poole's Blog] [Radio National Interview]