language rule, n.Definitions

A Language rule (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠itself a code name: it meant what in ordinary language would be called a lie.

A Language rule (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠something Eichmann needed: he could send millions to their death but could not talk about it in the appropriate manner without one — in Jerusalem, without rules, he called a spade a spade.

A Language rule (n.) did ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not keep killers ignorant of what they did; it kept them from equating it with their old, 'normal' knowledge of murder and lies.