phrasing/word-use is important, interesting pov | via 5555ilenthill I have a different contention with it, deep down inside our heart of hearts there is no change only superficial window dressing; like when hard times hit why is it that ppl have a slip of the tongue? Bc deep down nothing has changed. We are depraved inside, and only YHWH's SPIRIT can transform us. C01 garyrea: Beats me, but the word "allowed" is authoritarian language. Note that it is used a lot by the makers of software. R01 bettsplendens: @garyrea I can guarantee you that whoever's hanging that sheet in the photo does not mean "I, personally, give you permission to do those things, because I'm someone whose permission you need to do things". Nor is "enabled" enough of a synonym of "allowed" to be substituted into that phrase. Also, you may be reading a bit too much into the use of the word "allow". I see where you're coming from, but I think a lot of the time, when someone says "this software allows you to do [thing]", they just mean "you're gonna need some kind of computer software to be able to do this thing, and here's the software that lets you do that". They're not saying "you can now do this thing because I, personally, the one who made this software, am allowing it," any more than a person who says "this wrench will allow you to loosen bolts" probably means "you need my personal permission to loosen bolts". R02 garyrea: @bettsplendens You don't understand. The word itself is an authoritarian one, whether the person using it knows this or not, and most of the people who do use the word do not know what it means.
