Legal vs. Lawful; The Bush crime family is using LAWFUL

To describe their illegal activities re spying...Here are the definitions:

Legal: In conformity with or permitted by law

Lawful: Established, sanctioned, or recognized by the law

Do you see the difference?

but lawful simply indicates that it's an issue recognized in the laws, but what they are doing could be either legal or illegal.

'Lawful' does not have the same high moral underpinnings as the word 'legal' does.

Reminds me of a book I read once ~ a long time ago about 'how Satan works':

Satan is a counterfeit God. Something that is counterfeit LOOKS a lot like the genuine item, but is not. What is the purpose of counterfeiting? (as in money, for example?) To fool people into believing that your 'false thing' is genuine.

They told a little story in the book about how a thief broke into a jewelry store one night, and instead of stealing all of the high-end watches, merely switched the price tags. The thief put the high priced tickets on the cheap watches, and the cheap prices on the valuable watches. The next morning when the store opened, the thief walked in the store and purchased all of the valuable watches that now had all of the cheap prices on them (the swap being unnoticed by the store owner), and under the watchful eye of the store owner, the thief walks out with the valuable watches that he only paid a fraction for. The owner even smiles at him and tells him to 'have a nice day'.

That's what *'s little 'word swap' reminds me of!!!! (It's much more important than people might think to notice!!!) :mad:

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counterfeit
3 entries found for counterfeit.
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counterfeit<1,adjective>counterfeit<2,verb>counterfeit<3,noun>

Main Entry: 3counterfeit
Function: noun
1 : something counterfeit : FORGERY
2 : something likely to be mistaken for something of higher value <pity was a counterfeit of love -- Harry Hervey>
synonym see IMPOSTURE

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counterfeit
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counterfeit<1,adjective>counterfeit<2,verb>counterfeit<3,noun>

Main Entry: 2counterfeit
transitive senses : to imitate or feign especially with intent to deceive; also : to make a fraudulent replica of <counterfeiting $20 bills>
intransitive senses
1 : to try to deceive by pretense or dissembling
2 : to engage in counterfeiting something of value
synonym see ASSUME
- coun·ter·feit·er noun

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Main Entry: dis·sem·ble
Pronunciation: di-'sem-b&l
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): dis·sem·bled; dis·sem·bling /-b(&-)li/
Etymology: Middle English dissymblen, alteration of dissimulen, from Middle French dissimuler, from Latin dissimulare -- more at DISSIMULATE
transitive senses
1 : to hide under a false appearance
2 : to put on the appearance of : SIMULATE
intransitive senses : to put on a false appearance : conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense
- dis·sem·bler /-b(&-)l&r/ noun

That means "to take apart," some may say.