fighting words

eldraeic language

Words That Can Hurt You

Whatever one’s position on the dubious assumptions behind the cliché “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me” and its unfortunate persistence in many societies, these are not assumptions which the Empire shares. Indeed, it has a fine selection of words to describe an

law

Fighting Words, Not Fighting Words

So, it is suggested that I do not understand the fighting words doctrine. To which I must respond that the problem is that you are thinking of the fighting words doctrine, not the fighting words doctrine. 🙂 Or, to clarify: Under American law, the fighting words doctrine is a highly circumscribed,