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To: cogitator
I am seeing the word "sustainable" everywhere in corporate reports etc.
I think it is a "code word" that means:
"Do whatever is necessary to preserve the priviledges of leaders who are morally bankrupt, and "established" organizations that have outlived their usefulness".
5 posted on 08/07/2002 9:47:01 AM PDT by RISU
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To: RISU
I am seeing the word "sustainable" everywhere in corporate reports etc. I think it is a "code word" that means: "Do whatever is necessary to preserve the priviledges of leaders who are morally bankrupt, and "established" organizations that have outlived their usefulness".

No, I think it means: "Say whatever is necessary to make our customers and stockholders feel warm & squishy about us."

It's like how every corporation/state or local govt/university/labor union, etc, touts their diversity, and how much they value diversity, and that diversity is their priority, etc.

"Sustainable," like "diversity," is a a feel-good word. Nobody means anything by it. They just feel good saying it, and hearing themselves say it, and hearing others say it.

19 posted on 08/07/2002 11:06:47 AM PDT by Commie Basher
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