It is interesting to follow the etymology of words. From
Wikipedia:
Some time around 1600, before the term acquired its current meaning, "windfucker" was an acceptable name for the bird now known as the kestrel.
Many kids (including myself, when I was a kid) know that if you repeat a word long enough it will eventually turn into a rumbling of sounds... having lost all it original meaning. It will sound no different than a word spoken in a foreign language.
As we get older, the number of times we must repeat a word before it loses all meaning increases. However, there should still be some number of times with which it occurs with any word and at any age. Some forms of meditation use this technique to achieve "enlightenment". Regardless of how many times a word is repeated, it always remains what it is: a sound.
This diary is just a little reminder of something the right wing might take warning to. I believe that before 9/11, the words "a rebel movement" and "a terrorist movement" were taken to be much closer in meaning than they were immediately afterwards. After 9/11, the word "terrorist" was
rightfully given the linguistic equivalent of about 1 million shots of mana into the arm. Then, calling someone a terrorist conjured up images which were much closer to
than to
However, each time it is used... again, again, and again, it loses a bit of its original meaning and heads one step back into the direction of what it really is: a sound.
The only way to give the word "new mana", it seems, is to scare people as much as possible (see first picture). However, people tend not to be scared nearly as much by enemies they know.