• qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        3 months ago

        I didn’t say humans aren’t animals, I said tapeworms aren’t humans. They are animals. They are not humans.

              • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                0
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                3 months ago

                If you change the definition of air to mean

                An open, generally public way for the passage of vehicles, people, and animals.

                you’ll be able to walk on air, but as it stands, you can not walk on air.

                • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  0
                  ·
                  3 months ago

                  the point is, the term murder exists for purposes of determining sentences and punishment for crime. if we as a society decided that homicide and regicide were of the same magnitude, we’d call them both murder. we don’t. we call one murder and one assassination. not sure what your point of redefining air means.

                  • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    0
                    arrow-down
                    1
                    ·
                    3 months ago

                    if we as a society decided that homicide and regicide were of the same magnitude, we’d call them both murder.

                    we don’t.