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... is not used in that context.


Since when is Albania a neighbor of Slovakia? Nearby maybe but it's not an neighbor. This being a bit of off-topic, now the main part:

There are a lot of high schools in those countries. So you just CAN'T say the high-schools "are better", "are worse" or something like that. Which high-school do you mean exactly? Which course? The questions go on ...

So going deeper in that struct -- being one of the brightest in your Albanian high-school, could make you one of the good ones in some of the USA high-schools ... but sorry that is just not enough to say, that the Albanian educational system is better compared to that of the USA.

We had some problems in that part of Europe and sadly the education suffered a lot ...


Which on the other hand means -- instead of black we better say gray or darker white. I don't think your position is factually accurate. Since there are words for it -- use them. Not right means wrong.


It's more like calling someone a whore versus calling them a prostitute. It's not less black, it's less specific.

"Fraud" is a specific legal conclusion that requires a certain state of mind. Someone just reviewing a paper isn't in a a place to level the highly specific term "fraud" versus the more general term "error" because he doesn't have any evidence about the author's state of mind.


I do believe that the usage of certain type of language depends from the place and the time. So from my point of view, it's one thing using "fraud" in scientific paper and completely different story using in a community platform. Should I write on my web site, just like I would talk in the court?


Its the not because its a legal term, its because its a highly specific term. You can freely call someone a whore. If you call them a prostitute, you had better have some evidence that they actually trade sex for money.


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