eccles12
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Thu Aug-24-06 11:57 PM
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Words do really mean a lot. Think of all the "isms" or "ists" that you |
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can. Do you see a kind of a pattern? ( And yes, I include religions also but mainly focused on social-political-economic "isms."
Let's start with our all time favorite: terrorism and terrorist.
Communisim and communist fascism and fascist capitalism and capitalist zionism and zionist militarism and militarist racism and racist socialism and socialist marxism and marxist industrialism and industrialist feudalism and feudalist
Is it just some kind of grammical rule about these words or do they really signify some spookey negativity?
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Blackthorn
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Fri Aug-25-06 12:06 AM
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Words aren't negative. It's the context in which they are used. And yes, it's a grammatical rule
Nihilism - Nihilist Anarchism - Anarchist Fuckheadism - Fuckheadist
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Fri Aug-25-06 12:06 AM
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Atman
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Fri Aug-25-06 12:08 AM
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...according to the latest guidelines from The Department of Redundancy Dept.
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Atman
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Fri Aug-25-06 12:07 AM
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3. I'm tired of all you negativists and your negativism. |
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Fri Aug-25-06 02:33 AM
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5. Not all have a negative context ;D |
Solly Mack
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Fri Aug-25-06 02:39 AM
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6. schisms and those darn schismists |
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