08-22-2010, 03:06 PM
(08-22-2010, 02:54 PM)addy Wrote: I like that definition. Though I'm sure many governments would find it "problematic" (read: inconvenient)
Indeed. It has to be the most confusing word in the English language, since it's been given hundreds of different definitions over the years. The obvious problem is it's become simply an epithet to demonize one's enemy. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are of course the most glaring examples of the simpler definition.
