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The "over" prefix does actually imply a level of acceptable abuse, regardless of whether or not you consider this a moral judgement. Otherwise what would the pr
by DinaCoder99 3y ago
The "over" prefix does actually imply a level of acceptable abuse, regardless of whether or not you consider this a moral judgement. Otherwise what would the prefix imply? It's inherently a comparison to some implicit degree of abuse.
- yellowapple 3y agoJust because there are degrees of murder doesn't mean any level of murder is acceptable.
- DinaCoder99 3y agoOk but "overmurder" isn't a thing, so how is murder relevant?
- vidarh 3y ago"overkill", however, is a thing, implying more force used than needed without any moral implications.
- vidarh 3y agoGo through and look at actual uses of the term "in the wild" and you will see there is no such implication. > Otherwise what would the prefix imply? It's inherently a comparison to some implicit degree of abuse. You just answered your own question, and contradicted your initial assumption.