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Think of it as passive opposition, i.e. failure to do something about a cause.
by why-el 15y ago
Think of it as passive opposition, i.e. failure to do something about a cause.
- hej 15y agoDescribing passive opposition as war just makes no sense at all. It’s not a war. Not even using extremely liberal (and stupid) definitions of war.
- mkr-hn 15y agoEnglish is a big toolbox. We don't need to repurpose words for completely different definitions. The suitably dramatic terms you're looking for are demise and downfall. "The demise of RSS" "The downfall of RSS" Or if you want to get superdramatic: "The silent acquiescence of RSS to an untimely demise"
- why-el 15y agoI actually agree thats dramatic, but its easy to see what they meant. And no, not a downfall. A downfall does not convey the idea that measures were taken by other parties to actually bring down the entity in question. A downfall can be self-inflicted. So not war, but not downfall either. :)
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- true_religion 15y agoJust because one can puzzle out meaning doesn't mean that a piece is well written. It only means the reader was sufficiently clever, or lucky enough to stumble on the meaning.