What do Congress and women's clothing have in common? Both are using labels to evoke an emotion, rather than simply convey information.

No one tells me what to think, but if the world now bypasses my analytical side and goes straight to my emotions I need new defenses.

The LATimes in The Fine Art of Legislation Appellation writes:

the Electricity Needs Rules and Oversight Now Act... Cantwell's bill a snappy acronym with political punch: the ENRON Act.

The Boston Globe in "0 is the new 8" writes about "vanity sizing":

While Americans have statistically gotten larger, women's clothing has gotten smaller -- that is, if the numbers on the size labels are to be believed. [Retailers have been] downsizing the sizes on garment labels, but the practice has reached an extreme in recent months with the introduction of the size 00.

While I don't want to be immune to the emotional tug, I just want to somehow control who is allowed to tug my emotions and I can't.