tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6155541805859754848..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Shadows, redaction and slow motionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-8211445874996659002013-07-12T16:32:54.976+01:002013-07-12T16:32:54.976+01:00m-l It seems to be used by political organisations...m-l It seems to be used by political organisations in the US and this country when documents are demanded according to freedom of information rules and released only with substantial deletions.<br /><br />Lucas I suppose it could be a question of motive.<br /><br />RR The loose and dishonest use of language has I suppose always been with us. It seems to be part of the communications business which attends in the wake of political action or inaction. It is at best depressing at worst quite vile. The Nazis brought it to a fine art.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-51385836616497159602013-07-12T07:28:49.379+01:002013-07-12T07:28:49.379+01:00I did do a mini-essay on the growing use of the wo...I did do a mini-essay on the growing use of the word, by politicians, of "unacceptable". So bland, such a casual shifting of the blame. Then I realised the word is self-limiting. It's likely to pass unnoticed in the sentence: "Clearly the behaviour of certain politicians - a small minority (<i>! Another favourite.)</i> - who have padded their expenses is unacceptable." Less so in another context: "It's quite unacceptable that this serial killer has been allowed to terrorise Westminster beheading politicians."Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-46942685012207935532013-07-11T23:02:27.231+01:002013-07-11T23:02:27.231+01:00I agree that the misuse of the freeze frame is bad...I agree that the misuse of the freeze frame is bad. It is what the motion of life does not show. Yet conversely the stillness of a photograph can reveal a beauty which we would otherwise miss...... as shown by pillar and shadows.Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-19694028175648346632013-07-11T18:28:20.986+01:002013-07-11T18:28:20.986+01:00Love the photo, Joe! Redaction is a new word for ...Love the photo, Joe! Redaction is a new word for me and I didn't know how widely it is now used in place of the other - maybe for those of us ignorant of its meaning. marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com