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Originally Posted by Oregon Elephant
Not by my book, just like the war on drugs is not a real war, nor is the card game war. I don't care what the name is, it depends on what it actually is.
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I have a hard time using the term "war" in relation to a philosophy or other vague ideal. You can't really have a "war on terrorism", can you? War on a method? "War on poverty".....what, poor people are enemy combatants?
Language still matters, and it's not just being fussy about it.