[Chewbacca]

Although I go by the "sticks and stone will break your bones but words can never hurt me" motto I learned when I was seven years old, I will now on refer to people who would infringe on the liberty of a person or business to allow smoking if so chosen as "health dictators".

Does that work? I usually don't resort to labels, but if a bird quacks, it's probably a duck.

I do this out of sympathy for people who are offended by using the words "facist" or "nazi" as a descriptive metaphor for person who thinks their point of veiw is the only correct POV without compromise.

I realize that although WW2 has been over for more than 50 years and these terms have been used metaphorically since I can recalll, that some people are still hurt by the memories they conjure and despise the ideals they represent.

At the end of the day though, it is just a metaphor, the context of the word more than a rigid dictionary definition.

Peace.

[ 05-27-2003, 05:24 PM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ]