Now welcome to the aha moment. The original objection was to the adjective poison. This is quickly demonstrated:
jtgain and Colibri said the objection was incorrect (look at the posts linked in the OP)
(I was originally going to post this in GD, but that forum doesn’t allow polls and I wanted to have one)
So in this thread, someone asks about “poisonous snakes”, and in the name of pedantry, I gently remind them of the difference between poison and venom. Then Blake comes along and attempts to refute my argument by claiming that poison and venom essentially have the same meaning and are interchangeable terms. Colibri agrees. I provide two cites which clearly state that venom is directly injected while poison is inhaled or ingested, backing up my original claim. But of course these go ignored.
So what say ye? Are you Team Poison or Team Venom?
He’s changed the goal posts. The objection was over the term “poisonous snakes” and not “poison” or venom." Both **jtgain **and **Colibri **argued that “poisonous snakes” is accectable but Rigamarole has argued that since the respective nouns are defined as such, by certain experts, that jitgain, Colibri, the OED, as well as the rest of the fucking world is wrong.
“Poisonous snakes” is perfectly correctly used in the circumstances of the linked thread. To create a thread based on a false dichonomy is not only overly pedantric but has crossed into a dishonest arguement. The two other posters were not arguing what Rigamarole is claiming they were.