May Day

Was struck by the following line over at the BBC website


"There is a growing perception that little has been done to protect the ordinary person's job and wages, while executives from banks bailed out by the government have enjoyed generous pay-offs and bonuses, she says." (She =Paris correspondent Emma Jane Kirby)

Well, this is not just a perception/ it's the truth. Such under-statement and indirection is a form of deception. It weakens the fundamental criticism in a dishonest way.

More accurate language would use what dictionary's call vulgar language:
We have been F***ED by our governments who are in league with wealthy financial institutions, governments who are
not, actually, democratic. The governments serve their interests--the banker's interests....

The article was titled
"Police Battle May Day Protesters"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8028237.stm


One might also question the framing of the events, the readiness to emphasize property damage, etc.--especially the tendency to blur the distinction between violence against persons and property damage by calling everything
"violence"....

That is, a more careful reading of the article would need to address these possible errors. I am only registering a suspicion
that there would prove to be distortion if one examined the article more carefully....