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There is no Crueler Word than War

fork has many interpretations connotations as do eviscerate slaughter butchery all can mean less than they appear to be context is important but War War is the foulest of foul words a word that only the dead hear correctly the living choose from a lexicon of oaths they may banter or throw stones but War War kills every word in the dictionary even to the last blood-soaked letter

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