Those meanings have power whn placed in the right context, ie a human mind which understands the language used. Those words have those meanings. Words have power, QED.
If they did not, could we have our emotions aroused by them, churned as though a storm? Could the poets capture our hearts and imaginations so? Could authors take us to worlds that never were without leaving our beds? Could libraries distort the fabric of space so? Could generations of tyrants feared them so much that they commanded the burning of books and outlawing of free speech? Could their constant abuse cause children to desire and commit suicide?
What is the difference between a world in which words have power over us, and a world where they do not yet everyone behaves exactly as though they do?
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