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Comment author: Annoyance 12 June 2009 03:39:02PM *  -1 points [-]

But improper use necessarily degrades communication, because the distinction expressed by the words is eliminated when the two are treated as equivalent.

There's no such thing as "just words" in rational argument. Words are the entirety of the process.