> If you're going to claim that someone is guilty of assault, I think you need to prove some use of force, physical or otherwise. A real dictionary (Chambers)

> If you're going to claim that someone is guilty of assault, I think you need to prove some use of force, physical or otherwise. A real dictionary (Chambers) says this: Assault: 1) violent physical or verbal attack 2) any act that causes someone to feel physically threatened, which is considered reckless or intentional, and which need not necessarily involve any physical violence 3) rape or attempted rape Stallman is attempting to use human language like a programming language, but it does not work like that. That's not a problem with humans or other people: it's a deficit that Stallman has. Stallman is also claiming to ignore the legal definitions of technical words, while relying on those legal definitions when they support his points. This is an inconsistency in his argument. Wikipedia has a strong Americo-centric world view and that sucks when we're discussing rape because in some states an act doesn't count as rape unless the victim uses physical force to fight off an attacker. That's a pretty terrible definition.