Henrietta Bredin

The most ineffectual phrase in current misuse?

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Is there a more pathetically ineffectual phrase in current misuse than ‘international condemnation’?

“Oooh, how awful, listen up everyone. Our violent and bloody military coup is attracting international condemnation. We must desist immediately, apologize profusely to all concerned and give ourselves over to international justice.”

I don’t think so somehow.

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