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"EDUCATIONAL FRAMING", "POLITICAL FRAMING", "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS", "JUDICIAL FRAMING", Edmond Cahn, John G. Schneider, Roland Perry, Neil Postman, Noam Chomsky, Steven PinkerSome cognitive scientists are committed to language, thought and ideology research aiming at fostering a transparent democratic discourse! - ?!!!"You cannot be serious!""In most acts of communication many imprecise factors are inherent even though they may not be recognized as such. Talking about democracy: A Russian cannot understand why Americans hold the word in reference since to the Russian it has overtones of an unwieldly and massive town meeting unguided by intelligent and far-seeing leadership. 'Democracy' to an African may mean the elimination of oppression and little more. To a villager in Southeast Asia, it may mean continued oppression under a government supported from abroad. The range of interpretation may wreck the morale of an organization if it is not recognized that this (rather: a) seemingly simple message involves whole system of human elements and responses in an ongoing organization.""What do the 'ink-eradicators' say about the First Amendment? The Amendment itself is couched in what the rest of us might consider rather direct terms. It provides that "Congress shall make no law" on certain subjects that the Founding Fathes considered sacred and indispensable to human dingity. Although the Amendment say precisely that 'Congress shall make no law' in these fields the 'ink-readicators' claim that it means something quite different. They claim that when it says 'Congress shall make no law', it means 'Congress shall make no unreasonable law.'"Did the accused publish this libel?" Did the accused publish this libel?"