James J. Kilpatrick, where are you?
by David K. Williams, Jr. | 10:28 am, July 3, 2010 | Comments Off
The front page of today's Denver Post (and by "front page," I mean the old fashioned, soon to be defunct paper version of the Post), there is a teaser for the Sunday paper. It reads:COMING SUNDAY
Science puts pot to a test: illicit drug or medical cure?
One might think that professional journalists would use words correctly. One would be incorrect.
"Illicit" means "not permitted" or "unlawful." Scientists do not make such determinations. Legislators do.
In addition, the question posed assumes the two choices are mutually exclusive. They are not. Even if science confirmed marijuana cured cancer, herpes and the heartbreak of psoriasis, it could still be illicit.
C'mon, people! This is your mother tongue!
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Colorado Politics, PPC, Syndicated
Tags: definitions > English language > Syndicated > Words
Tags: definitions > English language > Syndicated > Words
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