Sunday, February 19, 2006

War of the words / Guardian, 18 Feb 2006

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,,1712488,00.htmlSteven Poole
"The government's enthusiasm for vacant 'labels' was further underscored last month with the release of a 44-page document called the Respect Action Plan. The reliable bogeyman of 'antisocial behaviour' returned here with a vengeance, as a symptom of the most pressing problem besieging society: a lack of respect."
[This is an edited extracted from Unspeak, published by Little, Brown © Steven Poole 2006]