Name Change is in Order

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Humerox [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If they lived during 1914 I would. Or more recently - if they were Rwandan, I certainly would ask them.

That's my point. Let's say another WW2 style holocaust occured. Which would be properly referred to when using the word?

There have been many holocausts throughout history. It's all about context and usage...and we're back to a circular argument.

The guild on P99 wasn't insulting Jews. They were naming a guild to reflect that they would be a force of pure destruction on Red99. (Likely untrue, but another argument).

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[Samoht]

Originally Posted by Humerox [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Let's say another WW2 style holocaust occured. Which would be properly referred to when using the word?

The compound word genocide didn't even exist before WW2. Sure the Latin prefix and suffix existed, but never in that combination. Your argument is completely invalidated by this fact alone.

[Samoht]

Welcome to linguistics.

[Humerox]

We're talking about the word "holocaust".

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[Samoht]

And I'm saying that an entirely new term can be developed because this is the course of language.

Just like an entirely new term refers to other genocides, the term Holocaust references the mass-murder of Jews in Europe in the 1940's.

[Humerox]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And I'm saying that an entirely new term can be developed because this is the course of language.

Just like an entirely new term refers to other genocides, the term Holocaust references the mass-murder of Jews in Europe in the 1940's.

Neoligisms...yeah I get it.

They way you used it does.

The way Holocaust used it on R99 does not.

[loopholbrook]

Just backing way up to the "google it" thing. I googled "hottest chick on earth" and this is what came up. Everything you google isn't necessarily true. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by loopholbrook [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just backing way up to the "google it" thing. I googled "hottest chick on earth" and this is what came up. Everything you google isn't necessarily true. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How far did you have to dig to find that? Because I just googled the same thing and I haven't found anything that is even remotely unfuckable.

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this guild is ruining my immersion, please change name to Zion Movement

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by Humerox [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The way Holocaust used it on R99 does not.

You can't prove the intent. You're not even in the guild according to your signature. Your purpose here is strictly to play devil's advocate. The fact remains that the meaning is ambiguous and it offends a party through one of the many definitions to that ambiguity, so a name change is certainly in order to remove that ambiguity. Fier`Dal Holocaust, PK Holocaust, Fat-race Holocaust, all clearly separate themselves from the Holocaust.

Note: Red Holocaust is going to be just as unacceptable.