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And another thing (Score:3, Funny)

by belg4mit (967)
I hadn't noticed excessive use of "terrorist" but I'll tell you one thing that chaps my hide. All of a sudden everything is a "weapon of mass destruction". Call me desensitized if you must, but to me a "Weapon of mass destruction"
1. doesn't need the label to get the point across
2. is something that could realistically threaten the species. Not some pansy dirty bomb or some such, I certainly wouldn't want to be at ground zero when one was set off, but then I again I wouldn't want to be standing point-blank
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- Re:And another thing (Score:1)
  
  by jdporter (36) on 2002.08.30 16:04 (#12397) Homepage Journal
  
  ...to me a "Weapon of mass destruction"... doesn't need the label to get the point across
  
  The point of the label is to refer to a group of different weapons, any of which is capable of "mass destruction". This is called "generalization".
  
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