Reply #155: You picked the wrong definition of the word.

[K-W]

Try definition one here. There is no harm, so there is no victim. Of course I didnt mean you had inflicted harm on someone. If anything you could argue that condemn is too strong a word, but arguing that it has anything to do with a victim is just plane erroneous.


Main Entry: con·demn
Pronunciation: k&n-'dem
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French condemner, from Latin condemnare, from com- + damnare to condemn -- more at DAMN
1 : to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation
2 a : to pronounce guilty : CONVICT b : SENTENCE, DOOM
3 : to adjudge unfit for use or consumption
4 : to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain
synonym see CRITICIZE
- con·dem·nable /-'dem-n&-b&l, -'de-m&-/ adjective
- con·dem·na·to·ry /-'dem-n&-"tOr-E, -'de-m&-, -"tor-/ adjective
- con·demn·er /-'de-m&r/ or con·dem·nor /k&n-'de-m&r; k&n-"dem-'nor, "kän-/ noun