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Old 10-02-08, 07:48 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Frame57
Let me try this again, my last rebuttal did not stick. Webster defintion of an Empire, "A politcal unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations, and ruled by a single supreme authority."

This fits perfectly the Greek, Roman and British empire rule. You cannot change definition to suit personal ideaogogy, then language itself become moot.
Actually, by that definition, the US was an empire from its beginning :hmm:
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