tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post8006786695606519760..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: If you belong to a club or a group,catdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-82719321298119111172010-12-14T07:55:17.084+10:302010-12-14T07:55:17.084+10:30The power to name things is immense!The power to name things is immense!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-50588079575417163552010-12-13T19:57:30.216+10:302010-12-13T19:57:30.216+10:30I also love how we name things - and that name has...I also love how we name things - and that name has implications - it is a Biker GANG, but a knitting GUILD.<br /><br />Gangs are defined as bad and guilds as good.<br /><br />Words do reflect our attitudes with the tendency to sway others with the vocabulary we choose.Hollyhttp://www.proseknitic.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-64531188493969999172010-12-13T18:11:00.162+10:302010-12-13T18:11:00.162+10:30Agree - but according to our government we are not...Agree - but according to our government we are not to be trusted in even the smallest matter! (And, of course, I am a terrible person because I write letters to the editor. Worse still, I do not always agree with the government...almost never in fact. Oh dear.)catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-55001091427132855642010-12-13T17:49:23.488+10:302010-12-13T17:49:23.488+10:30This was a classic example of the urge to overgove...This was a classic example of the urge to overgovern that is rife in many places nowadays. It always strikes me as rather juvenile: as though the legislators are still in Senior Prefect mode, and want to tell us what we should do down to the last baked bean so that we can be wonderful people like what they are.<br />There are enough laws already to deal with genuine crimes: for the rest, can we not be trusted to be the keepers of our individual consciences?jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.com