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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (10070)	9/22/2001 10:10:39 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (2) of 74559

The same issue surfaces with the presidents use of 'crusade'. Most people look at crusade as a campaign with extra zeal, not necessarily religious at all. Unfortunately the other side and their apologists are taking it literally in in its Archaic form of a Christian Holy War. Crusade means cross-ade. What else can we take it to mean? Every time I hear that word it makes me shudder. Even though the US has "In God We Trust" written up on the wall in the Senate and on the dollar bill at least it doesn't have a cross on its flag. That is one thing I like about it. In primary school in England we had to learn about what great guys the crusaders were.... By the definition in the dictionary he is absolutely correct, however in the common vernacular of our day cowardly also denotes an attack on innocents or at least defenseless victims. The dictionary entry will eventually be modified to catch up with the dynamics of a living language. If someone plants a bomb and then tries to runaway and hide then they are cowardly perhaps becasue the risk to them is low. The same would apply however, to the US dropping bombs from 30000 feet on Iraqi troops or firing cruise missiles at Bin-Laden. David

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