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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down15·1 month agoIt’s like saying that a muzzle loading musket and an assault rifle are the same thing.
minus-squareMiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoYou are just talking about scale, they are both guns.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down16·1 month agoSo, if you personally were going into combat, you’d be happy to have the 1700s single shot musket instead of a modern weapon? Next you’ll be saying that two tin cans connected by a string is as good as a modern landline.
minus-squareMiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoI am not really sure you understand how language works.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down18·1 month agoOne way it works is by evolving over time. An idea that seems to elude you.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYou’re the one who seems confused that not working for a corporation doesn’t make doing violence for payment less professional or mercenary…
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 month agoI don’t know who you think you’re replying to. I’m commenting to Miller. His take is that a weapon is a weapon, mine is that there’s a lot of difference between a spear and a tank.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoYou. I’m responding to you. You’re not getting it.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoDo you have first hand knowledge of the work these mercenaries do versus the work of western mercenaries? Your entire argument is premised upon having said knowledge.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 month agoI think you replied to the wrong commenter. I’m having a beef with Miller about how the meaning of the word mercenary has changed over time.
It’s like saying that a muzzle loading musket and an assault rifle are the same thing.
You are just talking about scale, they are both guns.
So, if you personally were going into combat, you’d be happy to have the 1700s single shot musket instead of a modern weapon?
Next you’ll be saying that two tin cans connected by a string is as good as a modern landline.
I am not really sure you understand how language works.
One way it works is by evolving over time.
An idea that seems to elude you.
You’re the one who seems confused that not working for a corporation doesn’t make doing violence for payment less professional or mercenary…
I don’t know who you think you’re replying to.
I’m commenting to Miller.
His take is that a weapon is a weapon, mine is that there’s a lot of difference between a spear and a tank.
You. I’m responding to you. You’re not getting it.
Do you have first hand knowledge of the work these mercenaries do versus the work of western mercenaries? Your entire argument is premised upon having said knowledge.
I think you replied to the wrong commenter.
I’m having a beef with Miller about how the meaning of the word mercenary has changed over time.