www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/02/02 11:34:27

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (Consume) Improve wording; say it might be intentional narrowmindedness.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.176&r2=1.177

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.176
retrieving revision 1.177
diff -u -b -r1.176 -r1.177
--- words-to-avoid.html 24 Jan 2014 03:48:55 -0000      1.176
+++ words-to-avoid.html 2 Feb 2014 11:34:26 -0000       1.177
@@ -267,10 +267,14 @@
 erroneous to speak of &ldquo;consuming&rdquo; information, music, books,
 software, etc., since using them does not use them up.</p>
 
-<p>Why is this perverse usage spreading?  Perhaps people feel that
-they will sound sophisticated by using a fashionable term from
-economics.  However, the economics they cite is inappropriate for the
-activity they are talking about.  See also the following entry.</p>
+<p>Why is this perverse usage spreading?  Some may feel that they
+sound sophisticated using a fashionable term from economics.  However,
+the economics they implicitly refer to is inappropriate for the
+activity in question.  Others may intend to limit discussion to an
+economic perspective, rejecting other perspectives such as ethical or
+social &mdash; which is narrowminded.</p>
+
+<p>See also the following entry.</p>
 
 <h4 id="Consumer">&ldquo;Consumer&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
@@ -928,7 +932,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/01/24 03:48:55 $
+$Date: 2014/02/02 11:34:26 $
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 </p>
 </div>