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sure, just like there is nothing "wrong" with calling it a bribe. They wanted something outside of their official process.
by supercanuck 10y ago
sure, just like there is nothing "wrong" with calling it a bribe. They wanted something outside of their official process.
- jpttsn 10y agoWhat if one day the Airbnb exec privately pockets money for getting someone into an apartment? You've already used "bribe;" where do you go from there? The problem with hyperbole is you will pay the inflation tax on your word choice. Crying wolf, basically.
- supercanuck 10y agoI just bribed my kid to do his homework. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bribe https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bribe I am using the word correctly. Perhaps you should consider if you're interpretation of the word is not biased?
- jpttsn 10y agoIf you feel(touch) you've been clear(see-through) and fair(bright, sunny) with this line of rhetoric, I'm happy to drop the advice.
- NeutronBoy 10y ago> you're Frankly, if you want to have an argument over the semantics of language and the interpretation of words, you need to be on top of your writing.
- twblalock 10y agoWhen you call something a "bribe," you insinuate that something illegal has happened, but that is not the case.
- supercanuck 10y agoYou insinuated it to be illegal, I insinuated it to be dishonest.