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-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Seth Ackerman Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:21 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Time to Get Religion
Doug Henwood wrote:
> The fetish for "clear speech" is yet another ideology. It assumes
> that truth can be made easily transparent.
No, it assumes that truth can be easily obfusctaed. Hence the insistence on clear speech.
> But, as the Old Man said, "There is no royal road to science, and
> only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths
> have a chance of gaining its luminous summits."
Of course, if you get lost on the way to the summit, you can always make people think you succeeded by recounting your journey in murky, convoluted prose!
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