ReallyKinda to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoWhen do you think violence is justified?message-square76arrow-up152file-text
arrow-up152message-squareWhen do you think violence is justified?ReallyKinda to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square76file-text
minus-squareTartelinkfedilink6•edit-22 years ago Violence, by definition, is an unjustified use of force. If a use of force is justified then it isn’t violence. You’re right, but just to be clear: That is an English differentiation that doesn’t exist in many other languages.
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThat’s just a rhetorical device. I’m not suggesting that word definitions are prescriptive.
You’re right, but just to be clear: That is an English differentiation that doesn’t exist in many other languages.
That’s just a rhetorical device. I’m not suggesting that word definitions are prescriptive.
Weird. The question was asked in English.
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