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by chx 2258 days ago
It gets even worse: "The city councilmen refused the demonstrators a permit because they advocated peace." the meaning of this sentence in 1968 is different than in 2020!
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And then there are those who are able to say things that [intentionally] have different meaning to different audience members.
Totally. The general problem is indeed difficult to solve, but I've seen lots of great work in this area.