Guest, above:

It's ambiguous use is part of the problem.

First: no apostrophe on "its" in this context. Christ, that irritates me.

Its ambiguity is part of its power as a word. And you're pretending that you don't see the difference between the way Chapelle uses the word, and the way that Richards used it.

Whining about the complications of language and culture is pretty lame, Guest.