@sag:
I believe you're looking too much into a simple phrasing of a word and its context DarthAsthma. Words that involve actions, and circumstances (i.e Bravery) will always convey different views with them. For instance, what is brave in someones eyes might be foolish for another person. It greatly depends in the interpretation of the circumstances, hence they'll always have this subjective feeling attached to them regardless of what "X" dictionary states that the word should mean.
There's only one more thing that I would like to point out, dictionaries evolve by adopting the forms of speech that a determined community has and not the other way around; therefore, if a vast majority of say "German speakers" happen to think differently of a certain word in German it is likely for such to change in its dictionary. The dictionary as it is serves as a guideline but it's under no circumstances inflexible. Just my two cents
Well I kind of don't get your simple phrasing argument. I take the things that people write here at face value(Which makes your claim that I'm looking to much into it kind of weird and from my point of view wrong. I don't go around interpreting people's posts which is kind of the exact opposite of looking to deep.) because there is no way for me to discern a different kind of meaning through intonation.
Because if I did otherwise, things like wrong accusiations of people being offensive to me(even if not true) happen.
Thus it is kind of paramount that people try to write out their opinions as accurate as possible and consider if the things they write convey what they think appropriately.
You are certainly right that language is not fixed and something that changes with time.
Also you kind of supported my point. You say that bravery may convey different views depending on the circumstances.
But from Goustifruits point of view all those different views are eliminated and become invalid.
Which I pointed out to be incredibly narrow and kind of wrong.
After that I just listed under what other conditions one can be considered brave which wasn't necessarily an argument to say that these were fixed things.
If we'd go into an in-depht discussion one might argue that bravery is an entirely extrinsic phenomenon and that actions to be viewed as brave don't always take the actual feelings of the person that is viewed as brave into consideration.
Bottom line I did not make an argument about what true bravery is, I made an argument about that bravery is not limited to overcoming fear which is entirely true.
Now had he said that Usopp is probably the bravest of them because he is someone who always has to grow over his own limits (fear), I wouldn't have had a problem with that.
But he didn't, he flatout said that you can't be brave if you're not scared… well I already explained why that is wrong.
I hope that made my point clear.
