There's all kinds of great Newspeak coming out lately, courtesy of the media boys (and girls) of the New World Order. It behooves all of us to learn this Newspeak so we can separate the good guys from the bad guys and stay informed.

Some examples:

A. "regime change" - This used to be called "war", "conquest" or "invasion", but that sounds too violent, so good guys don't invade and conquer anyone any more...they "seek regime change". Learn it and use it wisely!

B. "take out" - means "kill". It also means "assassinate". Good guys don't do things like that, they "take people out". Okay?

example: O.J. plans to "take out" Nicole on the weekend. The USA plans to "take out" Saddam.

Got it? Good. Let's move on...

C. "ethnic cleansing" - Oh, my, this is a beauty! Talk about the poetry of language. This is what used to be called "genocide", but people are too upset when they hear the word genocide, so we say ethnic cleansing now, to make it sound cleaner and neater. Remember this.

D. "terrorism" - This used to mean acts or tactics intended to terrorize a group of people. Now it means the same thing, except only when bad people do it. "Bad people" means...umm...well, certainly not Americans or Israelis or...um...maybe not the British and the Australians...or...well, but probably just about everybody else, specially if they're not in a national military uniform when they commit the terrorist acts. In other words, poor people who lack a well-equipped army but want to fight anyway are terrorists.

Remember...When good guys use acts or tactics intended to terrorize a group of people it's called...regime change. (See section A. above)

E. "decapitation" - Used to mean cutting someone's head off (usually in an official execution). Now it means "assassination of an enemy leader". Take him out, in other words. (See section B above.)

There's lots more great Newspeak. It works kind of like mafia tough-guy talk (like "rub out"), but it's much kinder and gentler sounding. Feel free to make your own contributions to the thread, by adding your favourite Newspeak words and phrases...

- LH