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Preempting what, exactly? Seems to me like objectively, in the given situation the only effect of the gun being present vs. not being present was to increase th

• vanderZwan 14y ago
  You are probably referring to the way the word is used in a computer programming context. I was talking about this: "A preemptive war is a war that is commenced in an attempt to repel or defeat a perceived offensive or invasion, or to gain a strategic advantage in an impending (allegedly unavoidable) war before that threat materializes."
  • brazzy 14y ago
    And I was talking about the fact that in the example the gun was brought in preparation to an imagined but unspecific and actually not existing threat.