@hawkeye10,
Quote:this thread contained my criticism of the abuse of language to further manipulation of others attempts.
You focused on the use of the word "assault" in this thread--that's what prompted your post.
Frank and BillRM used the word "assault".
How did Frank abuse language "to further manipulation of others attempts." ?
What Frank said, when he used the word "assault" was...
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A forced kiss IS AN ASSAULT.
That's not a abuse of language in any sense--his comment, and use of the word "assault" in that context, is correct both legally and colloquially.
You keep taking people's comments out of context, and distorting how the poster used them, so you'll have a strawman of some sort to bitch about.
What you're trying to say, really doesn't make sense. How did Frank abuse the word "assault"? He used it quite specifically to refer to a forced kiss. How was he furthering "manipulation of others attempts"--whatever the hell that means?
Or are you just making another of your pompous meaningless proclamations that's unconnected to anything actually said in this thread?
Quote:it is too important that we have a useful language. civilization depends upon having one.
Civilization won't come to an end, Chicken Little, even if people "abuse" language occasionally--which wasn't even done in this thread regarding the word "assault".
Good grief, BillRM abuses language all the time, he
murders the English language, yet civilization is still flourishing.
And, certainly, your own language use qualifies for at least a homicide charge on the English language at times. This statement of yours really requires a translator...
Quote:this thread contained my criticism of the abuse of language to further manipulation of others attempts.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, Hawkeye.