@gnu2 @feld @lain @ademan
>the very nature of language is that definitions change over time

Bullshit Motte and Bailey. Not long ago I started watching a video on "No-Till Agriculture", and the guy said the same thing, that "definitions change over time". He went on to say that his definition of "no-till" was "anything that improves the quality of your soil over time. That includes tilling, if you have clay soil. He was full of shit, and in that statement, so are you. (or does "shit" mean "goodness"? Who's to say?)

>So either way it's just arguing for the sake of arguing, if that's how you get your jollies so be it, but it's not how to change hearts and minds.

When words don't have meaning, there is only violence to resolve conflicts. Violence doesn't change hearts and minds.