What makes a mercenary?

[Kanamori]

I think a cow is an airplane with eight nuclear missles under each wing powerful enough to blow the world up five times each. Because I call said super-thingy a cow, that doesn't mean everyone else calls a cow what we all know it is. The same is true with 'mercenary';it has been legally defined for quite some time. If you want to say certain traits of our military personel are negative you can do that. However, it is corrupting our very ability to communicate when you call someone something which is patently not true. You are changing the definition of words.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

I think a cow is a flying airplane with eight nuclear missles under each wing powerful enough to blow the world up five times each. Because I call said super-thingy a cow, that doesn't everyone else calls a cow what we all know it is. You are changing the definition of words.

Did you post this in the right thread?

[Kanamori]

Of course...

errm, maybe not.