Sorry that I've been so down on religion lately, but to be honest, religion has not been showing its best side and so it has deserved a good scolding! In this more positive and helpful contribution to the blogosphere, I'll explore an idea that I hope we can agree on whether we are religious or not...
We must stop fighting each other over how life was created, and start fighting together to stop those destroying it...
Showing posts with label Political Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political Language. Show all posts
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Sunday, October 30, 2011
The Little Things: Trying to do better
Although this blog is supposed to be my ramblings, we're all too busy to waste time with bad writing. So, from now on, I will try to be more disciplined by leaning on a literary hero of mine...
George Orwell was one of the most important and powerful writers of modern times, and if you know him, you will know how beautifully he wrote on topics related to human flourishing. Did you also know how forcefully he campaigned against lazy writing though?
If you haven't read it, I highly recommend his Politics and the English Language essay, published in 1946, in which Orwell criticizes (amongst other things) "ugly and inaccurate" written English.
In that essay, Orwell even goes so far as to propose a "Remedy of Six Rules" as follows:
George Orwell was one of the most important and powerful writers of modern times, and if you know him, you will know how beautifully he wrote on topics related to human flourishing. Did you also know how forcefully he campaigned against lazy writing though?
If you haven't read it, I highly recommend his Politics and the English Language essay, published in 1946, in which Orwell criticizes (amongst other things) "ugly and inaccurate" written English.
In that essay, Orwell even goes so far as to propose a "Remedy of Six Rules" as follows:
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