04-17-2018, 09:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-17-2018, 09:02 PM by dicappatore.)
(04-17-2018, 04:41 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: In modern usage, the definitions based on bad behavior or devoting one's talents to low or unworthy purposes seems to have become the more common usage. I would guess that this is because today's society no longer views activities such as sex outside of marriage, sex with multiple partners and even sex in exchange for money as badly as it does dishonest or corrupt behavior, especially on the part of elected officials.
Well on this position I totally agree with you. I also apply both of those words to current politicians on all sides every chance I get and since we are talking about words meanings, what is a politician?
politician in American (ˌpɑləˈtɪʃən ; pälˌətishˈən)
noun
1. a person actively engaged in politics, esp. party politics, professionally or otherwise; often, a person holding or seeking political office
frequently used in a derogatory sense, with implications of seeking personal or partisan gain, scheming, opportunism, etc. see also statesman
2. a person skilled or experienced in practical politics or political science
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
politician in British (ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃən )
noun
1. a person actively engaged in politics, esp a full-time professional member of a deliberative assembly
2. a person who is experienced or skilled in the art or science of politics, government, or administration; statesman
3. derogatory, mainly US
a person who engages in politics out of a wish for personal gain, as realized by holding a public office
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Now, let us look at the subject in hand which this forum is based on, the TV Show, Grimm. I see plenty of politicians in the show practicing politics. The ones mostly come to mind are the Royals. I think we can agree to that. Maybe they weren't running Austria, directly but they were steering its politics, for sure.
And whom was Juliette dealing with in the end of Season 4? Later on we see another Royal, Sean run for mayor, so we can agree, he was a politician and I am eager to apply both the new uses of 'bastard and prostitute" to Sean, the politician and named as the "Bastard Royal" not by me but by the Royals themselves..
Lets put aside Sean for now, since, most likely we can easily agree to this. Lets talk about Juliette and how she was dealing with the Royals. Yea she had sex with Ken, a royal, but the bigger picture was what she did for those same Royals. By using your reasoning, not just mines, that others keep pointing out it is all about sex.
I am applying those words, as you claim for politicians, for her actions in dealing with those Royal politicians and what she did for them. She was planning to leave with them and become part of that political force. The only reason she did not get on that helicopter was due to Ken failing to kill off Nick.
Like I said, prostituting isn't just about sex, it can be but not limited to it. And by using your recommendations of the new usages of those words "bastard and prostitute", I have just shown you good reasons to apply BOTH terms to Juliette, the Hex, using your standards.
You know you are OLD, when you see the Slide Ruler you used in college selling in an ANTIQUE SHOP!!