ISN’T ALL LANGUAGE ESSENTIALLY MEANINGLESS ?
I’ve told you before – keep away from those academics. They’ll steal your biscuits – the good ones in the nice tin that you were saving. Of course, when I say “table”, I don’t mean quite the “table” you do – but that’s a good thing. It means you help me to make my “table” mean more. Language used carefully unites more than it divides, communicates more than it obscures, but it’s also like a gun – it can do as much damage as the person in control of it has the power to inflict. If you want a healthy citizenry that understands how it wants to vote – make sure everyone has control of their language – it’s there to let us define who we are, what it is to be human… all the stuff that keep us healthy. So it’s our duty to learn how to use and understand the words around us. Hint – rush into a room full of Wittgenstein fans and yell “Fire !” – check if they interrogate your meaning for a fortnight, or run for the exits. Other Hint – rush into a room full of politicians and yell – “You lying ba
I’ve told you before – keep away from those academics. Of course, when I say “table”, I don’t mean quite the “table” you do – but that’s a good thing. It means you help me to make my “table” mean more. Language used carefully unites more than it divides, communicates more than it obscures, but it’s also like a gun – it can do as much damage as the person in control of it has the power to inflict. So it’s our duty to learn how to use and understand the words around us. Hint – rush into a room full of Wittgenstein fans and yell “Fire !” – check if they interrogate your meaning for a fortnight, or run for the exits.
