Orwell spins

Timothy Sandefur points us to this article on a brand-new phenomenon: an atheist summer camp. John Ashmen of Christian Camping International, quoted in the article, wins the Meaningless Babble Award for the week.*

"Using the camp setting for different ideologies is not unusual," Ashmen said. "All of the stimuli has been changed and new bonds are built, old walls are broken down, and that's why you have such an impacting opportunity."

Yikes. We have verb number problems ("stimuli has been changed"), empty phrases ("new bonds are built"), and nouns-as-verbs ("impacting").

Congratulations, Mr. Ashmen. I'll mail you a copy of Simply Speaking (by every conservative's favorite speechwriter!) if you happen to read this.




*Yeah, I've never awarded it before today. Maybe I'll start it "for reals."