U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize Private Property

Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by umanwizard on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:32PM (#19212749)

Latin was the international language of Europe for almost a thousand years after the collapse of the Roman Empire, during which time many scientific advancements were made. There are plenty of Latin words for things that didn't exist in Antiquity.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:51PM (#19212902)

There are tiny communities who use recreational Latin today. Here's the Vicipaedia article on the telephonum: https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephonum

But that doesn't really constitute a good argument that there is a Latin word for telephones.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by _emacsomancer_ on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @09:55PM (#19214137)

Given that telephone is Ancient Greek (though obviously coined more recently), I don't see why there shouldn't be a Latin word for it.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by marktangotango on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @07:59PM (#19213593)

Thank you, beautiful refutation of an argumentative quarralous, I would even say bad faith, assertion, which we see entirely to often now imo.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by Pharmakon on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @08:05PM (#19213625)

I had no idea this existed, and you just made my day with it.

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