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GW> Ain't sayin' which side I'm on here, but relax a bit -- I noticed the
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GW> phrase "anti-choice" enter the pro-choicers' vocabulary about the same
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GW> time I first heard the term "pro-abortion" used by pro-lifers. The
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GW> chicken or the egg, it doesn't matter, but in a battle for public
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GW> sentiment, neither side will give up its code words unless the other
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GW> one does first -- sounds like a stand-off to me.
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CHOICESPEAK:
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THE LANGUAGE TO ABORT THE CONSCIENCE
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From where Winston stood, it was just possible to read, picked
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out on its face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the
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party:
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WAR IS PEACE
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FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
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IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
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1984, by George Orwell
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Language has always been used for deceitful and misleading
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purposes. Misrepresentations, distortions and outright lying
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have been employed for ulterior motives throughout all of
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recorded history. And, as man has "progressed," his abuse of
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language has reached new levels of sophistication and
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treachery.
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The abuse of language for devious purposes has been given
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several definitions over time. The term "doublespeak" (or
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"doubletalk") refers to language which APPEARS to be
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meaningful, but is actually a mixture of sense and nonsense.
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George Orwell, in his famous novel *1984*, coined the word
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"Newspeak," denoting a propagandistic language marked by
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ambiguity and contradictions. Its stated purpose: to
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"diminish the range of thought."
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Never has language-for-propaganda been more cleverly or
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effectively used, however, than by our contemporary
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pro-abortionists. To as great an extent as possible, abortion
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advocates have conceptualized and debated abortion without
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mention of, or attention to, the act itself. For the last
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twenty years, they have strived to redefine child-killing as a
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"choice." Sadly, their endeavor has met with great success.
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One commonly hears, for instance: "Whose CHOICE is it, who
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decides?" "This fight is for reproductive CHOICE."
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"Pro-lifers are the anti-CHOICE minority." "Pro-CHOICE is not
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pro-abortion." "The issue is not abortion, the issue is
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CHOICE." And even in the "neutral" media: "Anti-abortion
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demonstrators squared off with pro-CHOICE activists."
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Given the spread, like so many cancer cells, of such
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pro-abortion euphemisms throughout our language, it is clear
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that a new term is necessary to definitively characterize the
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pro-abortionists' misleading use of words for propaganda
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purposes. The term I propose to serve this purpose is
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"Choicespeak," which I define as "propagandistic language
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marked by ambiguity and contradictions DESIGNED TO INCREASE
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ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANTI-LIFE MENTALITY."
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Specific examples of Choicespeak are not at all hard to find.
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A preborn baby becomes, via Choicespeak, the "product of
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conception." The scientific fact that a human being's
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biological life begins at fertilization (conception) becomes,
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via Choicespeak, a "religious view." The killing of a CHILD
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becomes, via Choicespeak, the "termination of a PREGNANCY."
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(In terms of intent and effect, abortion and childbirth should
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be contrasted as follows: CHILDBIRTH is the termination of a
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PREGNANCY; ABORTION is the "termination" of a CHILD.) And,
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last but not least, abortion --- the killing of an innocent
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preborn baby --- becomes, via Choicespeak, a valid "choice"
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that a woman may consider.
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Words can be used as weapons so long as there is a target. In
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abortion, the targets are easy prey. Simply put, the abortion
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industry has wielded its powerfully deceptive words against
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vulnerable mothers and the innocent children within their
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wombs. Women are exploited; their babies destroyed; men are
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alienated. And the family, the very foundation of society, is
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assaulted at its core.
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Therefore, the Choicespeaking zealots must be exposed; their
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NON-truths must be replaced by THE truth. To do this, one
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must be alert when exposed to pro-abortion rhetoric and
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anti-life logic. Probe beyond the surface and ascertain the
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underlying principles; uncover the real meaning behind the
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alluring message. Otherwise, the abortion seducing "Big
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Brother" may very well distort YOUR perception and diminish
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YOUR "range of thought," increasing your acceptance of and
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tolerance for abortion -- a truly unthinkable crime.
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Woe to those who call evil good,
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and good evil,
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who change the darkness into light,
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and light into darkness,
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who change bitter into sweet,
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and sweet into bitter! (Isaiah 5:20)
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David on the Beach in Arizona
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... To let live is to live yourself!
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--- Blue Wave/TG v2.00 [NR]
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* Origin: The Arizona Badlands BBS Casa Grande AZ 6028368336 (85:823/126.0)
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