(on Young's "private language")

[Ken Brown]

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