My mistake.Thank you for noting. Although you might find ones like, in the realm of religion, who could fight against obvious a thing as an axiom.chaz wyman wrote:I think you mean the 'axis' of evil?pharaoh wrote:SpheresOfBalance
You haven't pinned down what type of war you have in mind. If you are conducting a war against evil(not the axiom of evil, of course!) then, one would have a better feeling, looking at juxtaposition of "art" and "war".
How can you conduct a war against a noun?
The Art of War
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war [wawr] noun, verb, warred, war·ring, adjectivepharaoh wrote:SpheresOfBalance
You haven't pinned down what type of war you have in mind. If you are conducting a war against evil(not the axiom of evil, of course!) then, one would have a better feeling, looking at juxtaposition of "art" and "war".
verb (used without object)
10. to make or carry on war; fight: to war with a neighboring nation.
Especially when killing is considered solution.
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But you can't fight the word. You have to attack the people and bomb the buildings.rantal wrote:Germany is a noun
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Nevertheless a war was conducted against Germany and Germany is a nounchaz wyman wrote:But you can't fight the word. You have to attack the people and bomb the buildings.rantal wrote:Germany is a noun
all the best, rantal
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No, the WORD Germany is a noun.rantal wrote:Nevertheless a war was conducted against Germany and Germany is a nounchaz wyman wrote:But you can't fight the word. You have to attack the people and bomb the buildings.rantal wrote:Germany is a noun
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all the best, urban
I think you might need to think about this.
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Of course when a war was fought against Germany it was thought against that which the word refered to not the word itself. Similarly a war against an 'axis of evil' is also fought against that to which the word refers not the word itesfI think you mean the 'axis' of evil?
How can you conduct a war against a noun?
all the best, rantal
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Glad that you have thought about it.rantal wrote:Of course when a war was fought against Germany it was thought against that which the word refered to not the word itself. Similarly a war against an 'axis of evil' is also fought against that to which the word refers not the word itesfI think you mean the 'axis' of evil?
How can you conduct a war against a noun?
all the best, rantal