I love how language can affect the world around us. Examples like the crazy mess that happens whenever they try to create the question for Quebec to answer to see if they want to separate. (“Don’t you not not not not want to remain part of Canada? Yes/No”)
Here’s another good example of the power of simple words:
According to this New York Times article:
70% of people polled supported allowing “gay men and lesbians” to serve openly in the US armed forces.
But only 44% percent supported allowing “homosexuals” to serve openly.
So which words will be used by which side of the debate, do you think? Look for it…
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“…create the question for Quebec to answer to see if they want to separate. (“Don’t you not not not not want to remain part of Canada? Yes/No”)”
Alas, I fear that the question, however obfuscated, would fall afoul of provincial laws, since it’s not en français.
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