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Thread #91375   Message #1740080
Posted By: Stringsinger
13-May-06 - 03:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: Defining terms: Liberal/Conservative
Subject: RE: BS: Defining terms: Liberal/Conservative
In a semantic discussion, terms have to be defined so that we know what's being talked about.

Terms such as Liberal or Conservative and now Progressive are being used as weapons against those whose ideas are not popular with the people who use them.

They are only useful if we know what the meaning of the words are by the people who use them.

If they are used as weapons they are robbed of their usefulness and significance.

Frank Hamilton