Semantic niceties
Monday, March 17th, 2003 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robinturner"What we weren't seeing was compliance. What we were seeing was passive co-operation."
A rather fine distinction on which to start a war, methinks.
Compliance: The acting in accordance with, or the yielding to a desire, request, condition, direction, etc.; a consenting to act in conformity with; an acceding to; practical assent.Oxford English Dictionary
Co-operation: The action of co-operating, i.e. of working together towards the same end, purpose, or effect; joint operation.
A rather fine distinction on which to start a war, methinks.
