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Geez!

No sense having a temper tantrum because I ask you the meaning of a word you use, and you can't tell me. Nothing says you have to be understood, precise, or clear.

There is a difference between "describing" and "defining". Apparently the best which can be done here is describe. Ain't defining.

Now, I didn't ask because I don't know or can't define the word as I use it. I do. I just was curious as to your definition, because the way you use it I suspect it applies to anything with which you don't agree. For instance, I suspect you'd say there are economic systems out there which is evil.

Communism, for instance, even though to describe communism as evil would puzzle many historical figures, from Jesus to Neanderthal Man and Woman. Jesus did for sure, and Neanderthal Man probably lived communal lives.

But I think you would describe communism as evil, without defining evil, and evil as communism, bending yourself into an uncomfortable and meaningless tautology.

Arf (fuzzy logic is a form of logic, fuzzy definitions are a means of obfuscation)

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