Alright, I'm the way below shit-tier pleb when it comes to arguing philosophy. But, I know that semantics can give way to many arguments being made. And right now, nobody off or online would give me convincing arguments as to why one definition is right, and why the other is wrong. So, please, tell me, /his/ which of the two is the right one? I wanted to post this on a more intelligent board, but fuck it, I love the shitflinging in this board even more.
they are both beliefs you fucking autist
i cant believe this is still a fucking issue.
and semantics are retarded
>>1399266
i will explain it to you but first you need to tell me why we park on the driveway but we drive on the parkway
>>1399311
See, the problem is that, until we've clearly established that the "atheism is a lack of belief" argument is moot, we're still going to get this argument being thrown, again and again and again. Much like the Shroud of Turin.
>>1399328
>why we park on the driveway but we drive on the parkway
>The words “drive” and “park” existed long before automobiles. Remember, whenever you write or speak, you’re voting with your vocabulary. Languages evolve over time and a given term’s meaning is subject to dramatically change based on the whim of its users.
>Back in the 1800s, for example, “parking” meant planting trees, flowers, and other bits of vegetation. A “parking place,” therefore, had nothing to do with stationary vehicles. Instead, it was a location specifically designed to encourage diverse, extensive plant growth for non-agricultural purposes.
>Yet, many were soon commandeered for an entirely different objective. Historian Kirk Savagewrites, “By the turn of the century, such parking areas were sometimes used to hold horse-drawn carriages on special occasions...When automobiles started to overrun cities in the early twentieth century, parking areas were given over to car storage and the word began to refer to the cars themselves rather than the trees and grass they were replacing.”
>During this transitional period, America’s parkways also began taking shape. Metropolitan reformers—who feared the health costs of industrial growth—started establishing wooded parks within cities nationwide, hoping their trees would make urban air more breathable. As automobiles rose in popularity, special car-friendly routes were carved through such parks. Unimaginatively, these were named “parkways”.
>So parkways have nothing to do with the actual parking of vehicles. But what about “driveways”? Well, that particular word’s been around since at least 1884 and has essentially meant the same thing ever since—namely, a path that connects somebody’s private property to a public road. However, while lengthy driveways were once the norm (and, hence, enabled more driving), today’s average specimen is little more than a dinky personal parking station.
