This Is Not War

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by tadbronson • 14 years ago

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pyrotechnick• 14 years ago

Not only are you not right, you are not even wrong.

You have confused "Total War" [1] for "war" in general.

Furthermore, "Total War" is near impossible in reality and has yet to occur.

Stop trying to desecrate our language with your tapered definitions.

Open a dictionary.

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war |wɔː|

noun [ mass noun ]

a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country: Japan declared war on Germany | the two countries were at war for the next eight years | [ count noun ] : I fought in two wars.

• a state of competition or hostility between different people or groups: she was at war with her parents | [ count noun ] : a price war among tour operators.

• a sustained campaign against an undesirable situation or activity: the authorities are waging war against smuggling | [ count noun ] : a war on drugs.

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[1] http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war

This Is Not War

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