Today's Quote

Gore Vidal is an American writer and commentator on the political scene. One can only hope that his view is overly pessimistic, but I'm afraid it may not be:

"As societies grow decadent, the language grows
decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to
illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying
it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time
people will solemnly vote against their own interests."