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Does it not have a definition? Then it's all but useless as a word - at best purely aesthetic decoration taking up space in the language. Or is it subjective, l
by ChainOfFools 4y ago
Does it not have a definition? Then it's all but useless as a word - at best purely aesthetic decoration taking up space in the language. Or is it subjective, like art or a kink, or humor?
Or is it one of those words that we're all going to tacitly agree should never get approached too closely, for fear that some people might end up on the wrong end of the definition?
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoIt has a definition. The definition is fuzzy, like many words. If we're going to say "X should be legal", then for those purposes we'd better have a rather precise definition of X. Because lawyers gonna lawyer, and at least one lawyer will be willing to push the definition beyond the breaking point. The more precise the definition, the less room such lawyers have to push absurdity in a courtroom.