All words have their own histories....

All the propaganda out there all attempting to persuade others one way or the other! Egad! 

Water over

or maybe Zooks, whatever. I believe when the final curtain falls, all everyone is doing is persuading themselves. They are the only ones who know what they will buy and eventually only believe it themselves.  As for others, they are doing the same thing reflectively. My sincere belief is that we are all totally responsible for whatever happens to us, whether we had any choice in the matter does not change the result that we bear the burden or the reward of whatever happens to us. Assigning blame is not the same as deciding who is responsible.

The one responsible is the one bearing the burden of the results of the one who is blamed for that burden. This is the kind of mush I get into after they taught me in public school how to diagram my sentences in the fourth grade. 

Actually, the history of words and the various parts they are made of is really high flying entertainment once anyone gets into it. For instance, the word for pig when it is alive is an English word and after it is prepared to be eaten is French. Everyday reality runs deep.