[quote=John McClane][quote=Yoda][quote=John McClane]Words don't matter. Our reactions to words matter.[/quote]
And our reactions are based on...what? What the words are intended to convey.[/quote]More like our previous interactions with the words. Or even just our life experiences.

[quote]You can't use words to say words don't matter. It's a self-defeating argument.[/quote]By that logic, you also can't use words to say words do matter, but I think in that context it would maybe be a self-preserving argument?[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]And our reactions are based on...what? What the words are intended to convey.

You can't use words to say words don't matter. It's a self-defeating argument.
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[quote=John McClane]At least that's my life philosophy these days. Working out swell so far. :yup:[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]Words don't matter. Our reactions to words matter.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]Either words matter, in which case caring about how they're used is reasonable, or they don't, in which case there's no force to calling something evil, and also no force to being told you need to "reprogram your emotional reaction."

Obviously words matter, and obviously using stark words to describe increasingly less stark things dilutes them and inures us to the things that actually qualify.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]And evil is just a word, ya'll. Sounds like ya'll need to reprogram your emotional reaction to it. ;D[/quote]

[quote=John McClane][quote=Sedai][quote=John McClane]Amazon pushes itself as being customer obsessed.

That, in and of itself, is evil.

Ok, now I will shut up. :lol:[/quote]

Every business is focused on their customers - that's the very definition of business.[/quote]Customer obsessed is a lot different, though. It's the idea that everything and every decision is made to service the customer better/faster/etc. And no, not all businesses are customer obsessed.

Customer obsession means all practical decisions (i.e. how much they pollute, etc.) take a back seat to whether or not it is improving the customer experience. Amazon is basically a crack dealer.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]Any word that describes both delivering stuff to your door and Pol Pot is, perhaps, a little too broad to be useful.[/quote]

[quote=Sedai][quote=John McClane]Amazon pushes itself as being customer obsessed.

That, in and of itself, is evil.

Ok, now I will shut up. :lol:[/quote]

Every business is focused on their customers - that's the very definition of business. Good businesses are also focused on taking care of their employees, which Amazon has come under fire for from time to time. Still, not seeing how any of this is evil, when considering the definition of the word.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]Oh man, don't even get me started about the boxes that are three times bigger than necessary. :rotfl:[/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][font=century Gothic]Amazon and Walmart mail-orders supply all my packaging needs.

I'm tempted to return items that arrive without packaged air. [/font][/quote]