WEBVTT 00:00:01.915 --> 00:00:05.228 .and one of the reasons, is because we were 00:00:05.228 --> 00:00:08.163 using that soft language. The language that 00:00:08.163 --> 00:00:10.545 takes the life out of life. 00:00:10.545 --> 00:00:15.111 And it makes things worse. I'll give you another 00:00:15.111 --> 00:00:17.712 example. Some time during my life..some time during my 00:00:17.712 --> 00:00:26.279 life, toilet paper became bathroom tissue. I wasn't notified of this, no one asked me if I agreed with it 00:00:26.279 --> 00:00:32.097 it just happened. Toilet paper became bathroom tissue. Sneakers became running shoes. 00:00:32.097 --> 00:00:40.081 False teeth became dental appliances. Medicine became medication. Information became 00:00:40.081 --> 00:00:48.845 direcotry assistance. The dump, became land fill, car crashes became automobile accidents, 00:00:48.845 --> 00:00:57.228 partly cloudy became partly sunny. Motels became motor lodges, house trailers became mobile 00:00:57.228 --> 00:01:06.414 homes, used cars became previously owned transportation, room service became guest room 00:01:06.414 --> 00:01:16.044 dining. And constipation became occasional irregularity. [laughter] 00:01:16.044 --> 00:01:23.464 when I was a little kid they wanted me to go the hospital and see the doctor. Now they want me to go 00:01:23.464 --> 00:01:28.394 to a health maintenance organization or a wellness center, to consult a health care delivery provider... 00:01:28.394 --> 00:01:31.061 poor people used to live in slums, now the economically disadvantaged, occupy 00:01:31.061 --> 00:01:38.795 substandard housing in the inner city. And they're broke. They're broke! They don't have a 00:01:38.795 --> 00:01:46.478 negative cash flow position, they're fuckin' broke! Cause a lot of them were fired 00:01:46.478 --> 00:01:50.895 you know, fired? Management wanted to curtail redundancies in the human resources area...so many people are 00:01:50.895 --> 00:01:56.129 no longer viable members of the work force... 00:01:56.129 --> 00:01:59.795 smug, greedy, well fed white people have invented 00:01:59.795 --> 00:02:02.795 a language to conceal their sins. It's as simple as that. 00:02:02.795 --> 00:02:07.096 the CIA doesn't kill anyone anymore, they neutralize people. 00:02:07.096 --> 00:02:08.830 Or, they depopulate the area. The government 00:02:08.830 --> 00:02:12.478 doesn't lie, it engages in misinformation. The Pentagon actually measures 00:02:18.026 --> 00:02:21.709 nuclear radiation in something they call sunshine units! 00:02:21.709 --> 00:02:23.542 Iseali murderers are called commandos. 00:02:23.542 --> 00:02:29.592 contra killers are called freedom fighters. Well if crime fighters fight crime, 00:02:29.592 --> 00:02:34.559 and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? 00:02:34.559 --> 00:02:39.342 They never mention that part of it to us, do they? Never mention that part.... 00:02:39.342 --> 00:02:48.609 But some of this stuff is just silly. We all know that. 00:02:48.609 --> 00:02:53.093 Like, on the airlines, they say they want to 'pre board.' Well, what the hell is pre-board? 00:02:53.093 --> 00:02:59.558 What does that mean? To get on, before you get on? 00:02:59.558 --> 00:03:04.276 They say they're going to pre-board those passengers in need of special assistance. 00:03:04.276 --> 00:03:06.375 Cripples! 00:03:06.375 --> 00:03:08.892 Simple. Honest. Direct language! 00:03:08.892 --> 00:03:12.826 There's no shame attached to the word crippled that I can find in any dictionary. 00:03:12.826 --> 00:03:17.725 No shame. In fact it's a word used in Bible translations 'Jesus healed the crippled." 00:03:17.725 --> 00:03:20.625 It doesn't take seven words to describe that condistion 00:03:20.625 --> 00:03:23.276 But we don't have any cripples in this country any more! 00:03:23.276 --> 00:03:25.125 We have.... 00:03:25.125 --> 00:03:31.508 The Physically Challenged. Is that s groteque enough evasion for you? 00:03:31.508 --> 00:03:35.593 Or, how about differently abled?! I've heard them called that. 00:03:35.593 --> 00:03:40.542 Differently abled. You can't even call theses people handicapped anymore, they'll say 00:03:40.542 --> 00:03:41.610 "We're not handicapped! 00:03:41.610 --> 00:03:45.559 We're handy capable!" 00:03:45.559 --> 00:03:48.143 These poor people have been bullshitted by the system into believing that if you change the 00:03:48.143 --> 00:03:52.192 name of the condition, that somehow you'll change the condition! 00:03:52.192 --> 00:03:59.524 Well, hey cuz...doesn't happen! 00:03:59.524 --> 00:04:01.845 We have no more deaf people in this country. 00:04:01.845 --> 00:04:02.808 "hearing impaired." 00:04:02.808 --> 00:04:04.144 We have no more blind people. 00:04:04.144 --> 00:04:07.225 Partially sighted, or visually impaired 00:04:07.225 --> 00:04:08.792 We have no more stupid people. Everybody just has a 00:04:08.792 --> 00:04:12.391 learning disorder! 00:04:12.391 --> 00:04:18.208 Or he's minimally exceptional. How would you like to be told that about your child?! 00:04:18.208 --> 00:04:20.308 "He's minimally exceptional." 00:04:20.308 --> 00:04:22.795 "Oh, thank God for that!" 00:04:22.795 --> 00:04:27.375 Psychologists have actually begun to call ugly people 00:04:27.375 --> 00:04:33.391 "those with severe appearance deficits." 00:04:33.391 --> 00:04:47.930 It's getting so bad that any day now I expect to hear a rape victim referred to as an unwilling sperm recipient.. 00:04:48.663 --> 00:04:51.597 And we have no more old people in this country! 00:04:51.597 --> 00:04:53.280 No more old people. We ship them all away... 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:57.530 and we brought in these...senior citizens... 00:04:57.530 --> 00:05:00.731 Isn't that a typically American 20th century phrase? 00:05:00.731 --> 00:05:05.814 Bloodless. Lifeless. No pulse in one of them... 00:05:05.814 --> 00:05:09.297 a senior citizen. 00:05:09.297 --> 00:05:13.680 But I've excepted that one. I've come to terms with it..it's here to stay. That's what they're gonna be called 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:20.280 so I'll relax on that. But the one I do resist..that I keep resisting, is when they look at an old guy and the'll say 00:05:20.280 --> 00:05:24.481 "look at him Dan, he's 90 Years young." 00:05:24.481 --> 00:05:26.697 Imagine the fear of aging that reveals. 00:05:26.697 --> 00:05:29.531 to not even be able to use the word "old" to describe someone. 00:05:29.531 --> 00:05:31.797 To have to use an antonym. 00:05:31.797 --> 00:05:34.223 And fear of aging is natural, it's universal 00:05:34.223 --> 00:05:39.347 isn't it? We all have that. No one wants to get old. No one wants to die. But we do. 00:05:39.347 --> 00:05:40.264 So, 00:05:40.264 --> 00:05:42.830 We bullshit ourselves. 00:05:42.830 --> 00:05:44.847 I started bullshitting myself when I got to my fourties. 00:05:44.847 --> 00:05:47.764 Soon as I was in my 40s, I'd look in the mirror and I'd say "well 00:05:47.764 --> 00:05:57.080 I guess I'm getting older." Older sounds a little better than old, doesn't it!? 00:05:57.080 --> 00:06:01.380 Older sounds like it might even last a little longer. Bullshit! 00:06:01.380 --> 00:06:02.913 I'm getting old. 00:06:02.913 --> 00:06:04.462 And it's okay. 00:06:04.462 --> 00:06:07.798 Because thanks to our fear of death in this country, I won't have to die! 00:06:07.798 --> 00:06:20.963 I'll pass away..... 00:06:20.963 --> 00:06:25.030 Or i'll expire like a magazine subscription. 00:06:25.030 --> 00:06:28.481 if it happens in the hospital they'll call it a terminal episode. 00:06:28.481 --> 00:06:33.913 the insurance company will refer to it as negative patient care outcome 00:06:33.913 --> 00:06:40.081 and, if it's the result of malpractice they'll say it was a therapeutic misadventure. 00:06:40.081 --> 00:06:40.947 I'm telling ya.... 00:06:40.947 --> 00:06:42.163 some of this language makes me want to vomit. 00:06:42.163 --> 00:06:44.380 Well, maybe not vomit. 00:06:44.380 --> 00:06:50.280 Makes me want to engage in an involuntary personal protein spill! 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:54.280 Thank you all.