Can we shut down the semantics discussion? It leads nowhere. Folks can call tear gas a “chemical weapon” because it is chemical and is a weapon. Other folks

Can we shut down the semantics discussion? It leads nowhere. Folks can call tear gas a “chemical weapon” because it is chemical and is a weapon. Other folks can think and say that calling “tear gas” a chemical weapon is an abuse of terminology. Both points are valid. Both points lead nowhere. It shuts down productive discussion.