Friday, January 28, 2011

Too true, 2

From my good friend L, this quote from "Friedman" --not sure which one, but it's spot on.

One of the most extraordinary examples of adaptation to immaturity in contemporary American society today is how the word "abusive" has replaced the words "nasty" or "objectionable". (1999)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Isn't "nasty" the proper 'dynamic equavalent' translation of the Latin "abusus," with "vanilla" as the dynamic equivalent of the Latin "usus"?

Abusus non tollit usum. (Nastiness grows routine. The routinization of nastiness. Transgressing the boundaries of vanilla is ultimately not worth the effort. One might as well sublimate from the beginning.)

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