Originally posted by ivanhoeThat's true enough, but PTSD refers to post-traumatic stress, not post-war stress, the term is used as an umbrella for a condition arising from many different possible causes, not just war itself... So, it's not so much a euphemism for shell-shock, more just a way of neatening up the category...
In the wake of the first world war, traumatized veterans were said to be suffering from "shell shock." The short, vivid phrase conveys the horrors of battle -- one can practically hear the shells exploding overhead. After the second world war, people began to use the term "combat fatigue" to characterize the same condition. The phrase is a bit more pleas ...[text shortened]... disorder": a phrase that is completely disconnected from the reality of war altogether.
Originally posted by ivanhoeThat's from a George Carlin bit.
In the wake of the first world war, traumatized veterans were said to be suffering from "shell shock." The short, vivid phrase conveys the horrors of battle -- one can practically hear the shells exploding overhead. After the second world war, people began to use the term "combat fatigue" to characterize the same condition. The phrase is a bit more pleas ...[text shortened]... disorder": a phrase that is completely disconnected from the reality of war altogether.
Stealing: appropriation
Microsoft Upgrades: No bugs in software, feature enhancements only
How many software engineers to change a lightbulb? None, it's a hardware issue.
M$ engineers to change a lightbulb? None. Darkness is the new standard.
Netscape programmers tcalb? None. Darkness is a choice.
Linux programmers tcalb? Why aren't you using Solar? It's free, and lasts forever.
Apple programmers tcalb? You can only use halogen. Only our halogen. In our socket. It's brighter, it may be more expensive, but at least the artists like it.
SCO execs tcalb? You have a light socket? You need to pay us money because we have the copyrights to turning on a light.
I'm sorry. Got a little bit carried away.