Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Teaching Newspeak (V)

Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, when questioned why she's replacing the words terrorist attack with man-caused disaster:

Instead of referring to threats from terrorists, Janet Napolitano is referring in her speeches to “man-caused disasters.” In an interview, a reporter for Germany’s Spiegel Online asked Napolitano whether her avoidance of the term terrorism means that “Islamist terrorism suddenly no longer pose[es] a threat to your country?”

“Of course it does,” Napolitano replied. “I presume there is always a threat from terrorism. In my speech, although I did not use the word ‘terrorism,’ I referred to ‘man-caused’ disasters. That is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur.”


Good grief. The people running the United States are bent. Fun.

"Hey, Bob, why didn't you tell me an axe murderer was in my house?"
"I did."
"You said 'uninvited guest.'"
"I didn't want to scare you."
"But he damn near chopped my head off!"
"Nuance, Dave. Nuance."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"man-caused disasters" The Left to a T. I think it started with 9-11. It wasn't an act of war, it was a "disaster."