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On Tuesday 04 March 2008 10:19:39 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:29:01 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > Depending on the particular discipline context "issue" can also mean a |
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> > risk that has now been realised/manifested; the familiar "oh sh*t!" |
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> > moment, e.g. when you realised that rm -Rf / was not what you meant to |
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> > have entered . . . before that moment you had a risk, afterwards an |
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> > "issue". |
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> No, you have a problem, or, as the motivators like to put it, an |
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> opportunity! |
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> I'm with stroller on this, the real meaning of issue has been subverted |
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> by spin doctors so they can say problem without using the word problem. |
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I agree. |
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It's another euphemism progress, like water-closet > lavatory > bathroom > |
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rest-room etc. (I've probably missed some links in that chain). Someone |
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dislikes an aspect of the original word - "fault" in this case - and |
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euphemises it to "problem", then that becomes tainted with the original |
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association and it gets downgraded again to "issue". Anyone want to |
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speculate what will come next? |
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I'm all for people saying what they mean - someone referred to spades |
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earlier, I think. Impressions of favourability should come a distant second |
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to accuracy. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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