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Re: Semantics revisited...
I CAN NOT SQAY THIS ANY BETTER. Just wanted to re-emphasize it.
Language is contained in your brain not in a dictionary. It changes, and is affected by socioeconomic factors.
Accept it and move on people.
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Originally posted by ktsnake
You cannot possibly have the definition to a word. Definitions are not static -- they're dynamic!
Racism can mean one thing for you and something else for another person.
I find anyone that claims to actually KNOW the definition of any word to be just a little sanctimonious.
All you can do is argue a definition's validity by presenting factual information and attacking the premises that support your opponent's idealogy.
Merriam Webster is not a valid source for this
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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