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Originally Posted by 2wins
rick brings up a good point. my direct experience with government officials and bureaucrats tells me that it is SOP to downplay a bad situation with language that doesn't come across as "scary." perhaps it is more frightening to think that doublespeak is a way of life now. n'est pas?

As a government official (lowly and minor as I am) i would say it depends on what point you were trying to make, or if you boss had f*cked up big and were engaged in ass covering,

pretty much the same as any other large organisation, nest pas?




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oui oui


sure, you can talk to god, but if you don't listen then what's the use? so, onward through the fog!
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Originally Posted by Schlack
pretty much the same as any other large organization, nest pas?

or any small business, or family for that matter


"It's not a lie if you believe it." -- George Costanza
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. --Bertrand Russel
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