> Words mean things. War crimes are only committed during a war, by definition. Just call it criminal if you want, but "war crime" is inappropriate. Yes, word

> Words mean things. War crimes are only committed during a war, by definition. Just call it criminal if you want, but "war crime" is inappropriate. Yes, words mean things. But people use words with variations on their meanings to put emphasis or for comical effects or for anything else every day and that's fine. That's what language is for. My mom thinks it's worse than a criminal act and speaks the words "war crimes" ? Good, that captures and convey her feelings better. You may not like it but people do that all the time and they also make analogies that aren't 100% logical 1-1 mappings to what they are trying to explain. Better get used to it and keep this word definition rhetoric tactics for people who wants to argue on this level.