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> Is it possible that by using language with connotations of warfare > in everyday conversations that we are serving to normalise it? You identify a central issue there, Sarah, and one for which a consistent standpoint is hard to adopt while struggle exists in the world. Sometimes the language of force becomes subversive when turned against the oppressive entity that employs force. The use of the word "victory" here made me smile - it seems to me cheeky rather than combative, and I think cheek is an attitude to be encouraged.