http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2010/03/03/exact-terminology-aids-understanding/ Quotations, comments, and whatever else I'm interested in at the moment. Tue, 22 May 2012 11:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2010/03/03/exact-terminology-aids-understanding/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Whit Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:03:32 +0000 http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/?p=2949#comment-847 Thanks for linking and quoting! And thanks for reading! I've enjoyed touring around your blogs as well. Thanks for linking and quoting! And thanks for reading! I’ve enjoyed touring around your blogs as well.

]]> http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2010/03/03/exact-terminology-aids-understanding/comment-page-1/#comment-843 Junk Science Skeptic Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:49:29 +0000 http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/?p=2949#comment-843 The agitprop coming from the media and government thrives on ambiguous terminology. When 15 year-old persons are expected to volunteer for a politically-oriented national make-work program, they're young adults, but if those same persons want to work in a factory, they're children. The same distinction is subject to misuse just about everywhere the term child is used in a legal context. The agitprop coming from the media and government thrives on ambiguous terminology. When 15 year-old persons are expected to volunteer for a politically-oriented national make-work program, they’re young adults, but if those same persons want to work in a factory, they’re children. The same distinction is subject to misuse just about everywhere the term child is used in a legal context.

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