
Words create worlds. We might as well have lots of useful tools available, if we want to create a new one.
There is another reason I love vocabulary. I find that I can often discover something "new" about an existing reality by paying strict attention to the words used to describe it. For instance, patriots are willing to "die for their country."
Die for it. Not kill for it!
Check out the difference between what happened in Egypt and what is happening right now in Libya.
There is a difference between being willing to die for freedom, and the willingness to kill other people in its name.
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