Why Its Pointless To Argue With Global Warming Believers 2034

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Yes, exactly. Double-talk occurs when the surface meaning of words or phrases is inaccurate. For instance, the term "free world", commonly used during the Cold War, actually meant something more like "States that don't call themselves communist, which may or may not be free."

"Lawful money" is just such a term. Pointing out that modern money is not lawful money is clearly intended to suggest that it is unlawful, in other words illegal. What it actually means is merely that modern money is not was is described as "lawful money" in 12 U.S.C. 152, which has been repealed.

The term is not generally used in contracts, where it's buttumed that people will be aware of the technical legal definitions of words. It's generally used in Internet arguments. Moreover, it's used with the specific intent of misleading the reader, as described above.

-- "Those who enter the country illegally violate the law." -- George W. Bush in Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 28, 2005