We live in a society where we have developed an intolerance towards truth. People have no resistance towards insults and hence, direct form of speech is fading out. Although language is becoming more formal and respectful in many ways, but it should not be to the level that it alters the feelings behind it.
Let me make my point clear by making a positive example. These days we do not call a crippled man as handicapped, instead we use terms like Physically Challenged or Differently Abled. However referring to an old man as senior citizen is not a problem. The problem is the manipulation of truth, by government, media and organisations publishing factual information.
We seem to have a lot of trouble dealing with reality. Poor people used to live in slums, but these days the underprivileged or economically disadvantaged occupy the substandard housing in inner cities. These are mere broke penniless people in abysmal condition but the higher authorities sugar coat it, as if these people have a negative cash flow.
Moreover the government or the politicians don't lie these days, they engage in disinformation. Print media glorifies even the worse human conditions and makes it a catchy statement, complex to be understood by a normal human brain thereby decreasing the true impact of the current scenario.
The top 1% of the population which controls the world has modified language at their convenience to conceal their sins. These people have been misleading us into believing that if u change the condition, that is going to decrease its intensity. It would have been so great if real life problem could have been solved on a mere piece of paper. Truth is always bitter and it should be left that way.
Euphemisation of real life problems like hunger, poverty, rape, murder is only going to take us away from reality, keeping these issues unresolved. Slavery of women in these days is termed as "trafficking". People who are murdered are coined as missing and those who die because of Military's negligence are termed as "Martyrs". Henchmen do not commit crimes, they make mistakes.
Most of us dont still find this a problem because we have become numb to the realities of life. Continuous use of euphemisms is bad for the countries' health.
Such aspects of our modern language make me wanna vomit, or rather loose some of my lunch by engaging in an involuntary spill of partially digested food.
"Ab Ki baar, No Bakwaas Yaar"
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