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W3C Bars Public From Public Conference

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tricky-word-speak dept.

xk0der writes "Danny Weitzner, one of the W3C's policy directors and event co-chair, repeatedly claimed in a follow up telephone conversation that, by "public," the W3C actually means "closed to the public." Weitzner was the person who personally barred my colleague from entering the conference." The story is worth a read- it's very strange. Personally I think this guy is just vying to replace Tony Snow at the White House.

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  1. Re:Orwellian Doublespeak by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, so we have:

    "public" means "non-public"

    "secret" is "transparent", and, don't forget:

    Weitzner was the person who personally barred my colleague from entering the conference."

    "Personally barred" means "impersonally barred" ;-)

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  2. Re:Single Paragraph by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Because space was limited and they give preference to people who have something to say.

  3. Re:Orwellian Doublespeak by abb3w · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So now we can add "Secrecy is Transparency" to the list.

    Can we add "Assassination is a Political Contribution" yet?

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