You are completely ignoring babyblob’s point that many English words have several meanings. That is just factual. The word “set”, for example, has over 20 different meanings.
If you look up the word “strike” in any reputable English Dictionary…say Chambers or the Oxford Dictionary…it will list “withdrawal of Labour” as one of the standard meanings.
The Chambers 21st Century Dictionary (version published in 1999) lists no fewer than 18 different meanings for the word strike…with “hit” being the most common meaning, with “organised withdrawal of labour” being 13th listed meaning. (i.e. it’s a valid meaning but less common.)
And it’s certainly not a “misappropriation”! (Check the phrase in any reputable English dictionary…misappropriation means theft, it does not mean “use inappropriately”.)
Its not a matter of ethics dude. It is a matter that in several Dictionaries mention "withdrawal of labour” as a meaning of the word strike. So at this point you are ignoring this to keep making some point that is not valid or you are just trolling. Either way this is the dumbest thing in the world.
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Dude you are trolling. I pointed out a very well know fact in the world that words have many meanings. jack pointed out the Dictionaries that have the word strike listed and what it meant. You ignore all of that. You are a troll and not a very good one and can not be taken seriously.
This is my last post on the matter. I have to redo my island on Animal Crossing and that is a better use my my time at this point.
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Realistically it’s not just the government or the state that use the word “strike” to mean “organised withdrawal of Labour”…it’s used like that by the large majority of people, and invariably the context it’s used in makes the meaning clear, and in that context carries no suggestion of physical attack.
For several years I worked as a trade union representative, and often had discussions with colleagues about tactics to get better pay and conditions for union members.
When we were talking about the possibility of arguing for an organised withdrawal of Labour…we invariably talked about “strike action”, “should we ballot the members about striking”, “we should go on strike”, etc, etc
I never heard any other term used in that situation by any one at any level in the union. Certainly no one ever took up your suggestion to use the term “nothing”. The phrase “let’s ballot the members about nothing” would be met with total incomprehension!
Last edited by JackDaw; 10-20-2021 at 09:58 AM.
You asked why the term "strike" is used to mean the organized withdrawal of labor. That's the answer. The term "strike" is used to mean the organized withdrawal of labor because of that incident almost 300 years ago where the sailors "struck" the sails of the ships in protest.