Theo,
When the entire country understands a term, where is the problem?
After WW2 and the Korean conflict, most veterans referred to the magazines in their pistols as clips.
I knew several senior NCOs that called their M-16 magaxzines clips. I never found it necessary to reprimand them.
There are so many issues of importance facing us today, that I find minor distractions like this distasteful. I know whaty they mean. That's adequate for me.
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The soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as the prisoner's chains. Dwight Eisenhower
It is very important what a man stands for.
But it is far more important what a man refuses to stand for.
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