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Originally Posted by HansTWN
But since you agree that it should be a felony, why putting all this effort into finding a special word for it?
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It's a felony because the law says so.
It has a name because the law says so.
It's not theft because the law says so.
I'm not talking ethics, here, just semantics.
To call a girl bad names is a felony, too (at least in my country). But if we call it "rape", or "a different form of rape" it puts it under a completely different perspective, doesn't it?
That's why I think it's worth the effort to chose the right words for things. Because hidden behind words you find often ideologies or by-ends, and I really don't like it. If there is a correct word, let's use it.
