Change America can believe in
Philosophers tell us that meaning is to some extent created by our view of what something is: a table is only a table if you know what a table is.
With guns, Americans (outside Manhattan) tend to see a method of protection, of legitimate defence, of freedom; Europeans see a murder weapon.
So it is with innovation. The word changes meaning as it crosses the Atlantic Ocean.
via BBC News – Change America can believe in.
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