Pissing around and trying to avoid saying what one thinks was best demonstrated very recently, through an article in the newspaper. We are all going to die. This is a simple fact, and whoever you are, you know you're going to die. There's no point in pussy-footing around the subject. However, I came across a lovely example in the Daily Mail (18th Dec 2010) where the writer was clearly 'nervous' about noting the eventual demise of the Queen. The actual quote was:
"When the Queen dies - as, like all of us, she eventually must - her son is determined to succeed her."
At what stage did the writer decide that we (the readers) are so thick we'd need to have it explained that just like us, the Queen will one day die? Overly reverential crap - that's what it was! Poncing around any subject highlights inadequacy on the part of the author/writer/journalist.
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