11 Jun
2001
11 Jun
'01
9:54 a.m.
Aimee Farr wrote:
Anonymous, (a fellow Sophist? FN1), points out that mass media is written for the masses.
A larger point is that THOUGHT PRESUPPOSES LANGUAGE. By limiting your language to the lowest common denominator, your limit the 'lodestar' of the sign vehicles. American media speaks in the lowest common denominator in the interest of social justice and convenience. Some feel it has worked an equal injustice by hobbling our ability to THINK. "The limits of my language are the limits of my mind." (Wittgenstein)
Not in the interests of social justice. In the interests of advertising, sales, and ratings. Ken