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Old Oct 21, 2008, 09:47 AM
Lenny Lenny is offline
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Originally Posted by pachyderm View Post
Still, I would like to say that "violence" is not identical in all situations to the use of "force". It is useful to be precise in the words you use and how you use them.
Few things (if any) are identical. I too believe that language lacks precision in describing thought though some great linguists over the centuries have made profound efforts in poetic specificity. I am not a great language smith...and I often fall short at word precision.

I hope I have not failed you terribly here pachyderm and would like to know more about your thoughts of "force" without violent characteristics...?

Lenny
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