Actually subjective definitions are not antithetical to proper communication. Anarchy of language works. It is when people use force to manipulate language, when people deceive, that communication bre...
That's fair... deception, or the effort to prevent or confuse translation, or the effort to promote names or labels that obfuscate certain activities rather than properly represent them is definitely at the heart of the problem. Censorship & other things definitely stem from that.
I guess what I meant is that the general/natural goal of communication & language in general is some sort of consensus and to be as objective as possible (even if it's very difficult or even impossible in some sense). The point is to translate or transfer the idea in my head to yours or vice versa with as little loss as possible.
I guess what I meant is that the general/natural goal of communication & language in general is some sort of consensus and to be as objective as possible (even if it's very difficult or even impossible in some sense). The point is to translate or transfer the idea in my head to yours or vice versa with as little loss as possible.