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Re:Animal Populations Fell by 68% in 50 Years and It’s Getti... by Cthulhu_ on Thursday September 10, 2020 @11:15AM (#24433089)
> Also, why on earth they changed jihad to crusade in new movie?!

Do you really have to ask or do you not believe words have associations that aren't their exact dictionary definitions?

Dune was written well before the word was associated with religious extremism in modern times, the word didn't have the associations of terrorism and caliphates and 9/11.

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Re:Animal Populations Fell by 68% in 50 Years and It’s Getti... by Andrew_nenakhov on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:10PM (#24435536)
Thing is, Dune is literally a book about religious extremism, it is one of it's most important themes.

So changing this term gets massive thumbs down from me.

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Re:Animal Populations Fell by 68% in 50 Years and It’s Getti... by bdefore on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:41PM (#24433961)
Says a lot that the word crusade does not carry such associations and colloquially leans more toward an admirable passion.
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