Sign @Bing & @SpecialOlympics' #Inclusion Pledge - I #ChooseToInclude - #Include #Including #Inclusive

The pledge (linked thru the 'built' word below) says:

I pledge to look for the lonely, the isolated, the left out, the challenged and the bullied.
I pledge to overcome the fear of difference and replace it with the power of inclusion.
I #ChooseToInclude.

Something crucial about the word below 'firms the foundation' upon which it- & our entire lexicon- stands ...

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The word “Include” is built on ... odd, its foundation is “In + to Shut (Close),” as its original meaning was more like 'to Imprison or Confine (to a group).'

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