Of course not. People are entitled to their experiences. On the other hand, we shouldn't need to preface the phrase "all liberals are anti-gun" because we know that they're not making a statement of fact.So you would have no objection if someone else said in their experience all liberals are anti-gun?
A great reminder to all us kidnappers to securely store our firearms when not on our person.A woman was kidnapped and abused by a man, but she was later able to get ahold of his gun and shoot him.
If it isn't selective fire and it isn't chambered for an intermediate cartridge, it isn't an assault rifle.
Like it or not, words and phrases change. Xerox used to be only a brand name. Now it means making a copy on any brand of photocopier.
So you would have no objection if someone else said in their experience all liberals are anti-gun?
So if I believe "liberal" means "has sex with pigs" . . .Words mean what people believe they mean... right now.
So if I believe "liberal" means "has sex with pigs" . . .
It's like saying "volt" is a measure of temperature, or "pound" is a measure of heat because we think that's what it means.
Riiiight.
As the Red Queen said, "When I use a word, it means exactly what I want it to mean." In other words, gibberish.
If we did that, we'd be able to understand each other much better.For consistency's sake, please refrain from using gay to refer to homosexuality, retarded to refer to stupidity, and all of the other phrases whose meaning has evolved to refer to more than the original meaning.
And, while that may be true, taking a welding torch to a word and affixing it to a meaning to achieve a political aim is not the same as "words change."Like it or not, words and phrases change.
Yes, and it happened with Kleenex and Coke and Brassiere, but that's not where "assault rifle" came from at all.Xerox used to be only a brand name. Now it means making a copy on any brand of photocopier. The Xerox people didn't like it, but they couldn't make it stop.
Heh.Google's not just a very big number anymore... it's what you do on any search engine.
Right story, wrong character.As the Red Queen said, "When I use a word, it means exactly what I want it to mean." In other words, gibberish.
"Assault rifle" is a technical term -- just as technical as "mortar" or "howitzer."Assault rifle is not a technical term so lacks a technical definition.
Who cares how they sound? They would be accurate. The media uses the term "assault rifle" to spread fear.Besides, there really is no word the media could use in it's place that would not incur accusations of bias. "Military style rifle", "semi-automatic with 30 round capacity magazines"...which of these sound better?
"Assault rifle" is a technical term -- just as technical as "mortar" or "howitzer."
Which shows how mis-using the term brands the person in question as ignorant and biased.In an army field manual it may be a technical term. In a newspaper article it means "a rifle with one of those handle thingies and a big box with a lot of bullets and it's probably black."
Assault rifle" is a technical term -- just as technical as "mortar" or "howitzer