Say what you will about Bush-era war crimes, "unlawful enemy combatants" was a masterclass in taking a legal term of art and leveraging a lay misunderstanding of what it means to invent a new word that says it's okay to torture captives.
Compelling case for why jargon always needs a definition.
September 11, 2023 at 2:23 PM
Say what you will about Bush-era war crimes, "unlawful enemy combatants" was a masterclass in taking a legal term of art and leveraging a lay misunderstanding of what it means to invent a new word that says it's okay to torture captives.
Compelling case for why jargon always needs a definition.