[liberationtech] And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads

[Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes]

I'm talking about colloquial language and the drivers behind it, which
today are predominantly the media. So my expectations are that "people"
will very soon assume as synonyms  "person of interest", "suspect ", and
"criminal"
On Apr 19, 2013 5:31 PM, "Jacob Appelbaum" <jacob at appelbaum.net> wrote:

> Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes:
> > They (FBI, DHS) did call them "persons of interest" - nbd, it's all the
> same
>
> To suggest it is all the same is to miss the subtle changes in language
> and how the subtle changes in language change us.
>
> We might be OK with these changes and yet it feels dishonest to suggest
> that there is no distinction whatsoever.
>
> All the best,
> Jacob
>
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