Annihilist wrote:I like to think I'm not fighting for it, merely pointing out an absurd convention in our society.
It's not always just a convention. Some people consider that certain words oversimplify the language, promoting the loss of a cultural heritage.
Kind of like painting over an existing painting; it doesn't matter how fine is the new one, you're still killing the first.
Some people just like to feel superior to others and, lacking a physical, aesthetical, intellectual, artistical, etc. superiority, search for arbitrary rules to stick to and judge others over.