"Taboo Your Words" - From Overcoming Bias

I like this post on Overcoming Bias. They had another post on the same topic. If you have a debate about something, you should replace the word with what it actually means.

The idea comes from the game of "Taboo", where you have to describe something to your partner *WITHOUT* using a list of banned words.

When holding a political debate that is ultimately confused by definitions, both sides should be BARRED from using the word where they disagree on the definition.

For example, if you are debating "Taxation is theft!" with someone, you should replace taxes with what it really means. "Collecting money with the implied threat of violence obfuscated by complicated bureaucratic procedures is theft!"

For another example, consider "Inflation is theft!" More accurately, "When unbacked paper money loses value due to more of it being printed, that is theft!"

For another example, consider "Government should be eliminated." "A group of people who go around stealing should have their activities halted."

Let me know if you think of any other examples.