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Re: The Inducement of Rapid Oxidation of Certain Materials....
At 14:27 5/14/97 -0700, Kent Crispin wrote:
>On Wed, May 14, 1997 at 03:07:43PM -0400, Tom Allard wrote:
>> How pedantic. Webster's New World Dictionary (also reputable, I might add),
>> has THIS to say about "Anarchy":
>>
>> anarchy n. [Gr. an- without + archos, leader] 1. the absence of government
>> 2. political disorder and violence 3. disorder; confusion
>>
>> Note the etymology. Taken to its roots, the word simply means "no leader".
>
>Note the second definition.
A definition which it included because of years of misuse. It is said that
language is a living thing, which it is, which means that if an error is
made frequently enough it becomes the truth.
Most of us understand this concept.
Jim Bell
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