I don't mind language, actually I'm rather fond of it. So fond of it that I taught English for 35 years-not including art, french, history, study skills, and religion.
I FAILED. It's so nice to be part of the current generation which is counseled by Time Magazine to accept failure as an aid to creativity and to go out and make a job. I gather there are no companies wanting workers who live locally (ie. in the United States), so the young ones must get newspaper routes.
Back to language. I endorse plain language. I'm very tired of hearing commentators say, "Of course you can have regulation, but a smart person can always find a way around the rules." I heard this again about a chap from the Swiss Bank (UAB) who misplaced 2 billion dollars. He's in London and has hired a top notch lawperson to defend him in court. (Personally I'd chose a Swiss jail rather than a British one. The Swiss are more likely to keep their jails clean even if their morals are suspect.)
I dispute the word "smart." "Smart" is a very positive word and is inadequate to describe the actual event.
The proper word is "thief," "alleged thief" if you will. People's intelligence has nothing to do with such actions. Bernie Madoff is a thief. He stole peoples money. Enron's players were thieves and liars. Wall Street is littered with thieves and liars.
It's so simple.
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Wall street is littered with thieves and liars, as well as those young people who are there now, for the past two weeks protesting the greed of investment bankers. Who are the 1% trying to enslave the rest of the world in low paying jobs and back breaking poverty?
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