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by tabtab 2924 days ago
Re: "Let's be honest, the main use...going to be military."

While perhaps true, usually one finds a friendlier name regardless, in order to hide or reduce the perception of association with war. It's why we have a "Dept. of Defense" instead of a "Dept. of Offense" or "Dept. of War". I'm not necessarily condoning such a practice, merely making an observation of product and project naming practices.

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We used to have a Department or War
You still do, its just given itself a more palatable name..