There's bad memories of the holocaust in WW2 from the axis powers. What about the axis of the earth? It should spin on its own ally.
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"Axis" is a mathematical term, used in geometry to describe a central line about which rotation can or may occur. It has been in use in that manner since the days of the ancient Greeks. Using that definition, you can see why the Nazis applied it to their own geopolitics, since they thought the world essentially revolved around them. But their use was secondary; they did not invent the term, they just used it to their own advantage. They also used terms like "fuerher," "emperor," and "socialist." It makes no sense to delete these words from use in order to avoid offending someone's sensitivity over past injustices, however grievous those may be. That is what is known as political correctness, and it has no place in a country that adopted the Bill of Rights.
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Earth spin is call "spin" or it is called "rotation".
It is never called "axis"
The axis is a mathematical line that forms the centre of the trajectory followed by all the particles that form the object in rotation. Take any point on (or even inside) Earth. Follow it throughout an entire rotation, relative to Earth as a whole. This point will trace out a circle. This circle has a centre.
Do that for all points on Earth, and you will see that all the centres form a line that goes from one pole to the other.
The points that are exactly on this line stay in place (they do not trace out a circle). The collection of these points is called an axis, a word that has been defined that way for centuries. The axis is, in fact, the only thing that does not move.
Using that name (axis) for the Alliance that was formed in WW2 or its use by W for his cruisades should not remove the real sense of the word.
It is never called "axis"
The axis is a mathematical line that forms the centre of the trajectory followed by all the particles that form the object in rotation. Take any point on (or even inside) Earth. Follow it throughout an entire rotation, relative to Earth as a whole. This point will trace out a circle. This circle has a centre.
Do that for all points on Earth, and you will see that all the centres form a line that goes from one pole to the other.
The points that are exactly on this line stay in place (they do not trace out a circle). The collection of these points is called an axis, a word that has been defined that way for centuries. The axis is, in fact, the only thing that does not move.
Using that name (axis) for the Alliance that was formed in WW2 or its use by W for his cruisades should not remove the real sense of the word.
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Well... the reason they were called the Axis Powers came from a speech Hitler delivered at the outbreak of war; he declared that the World will revolve around the new 'Axis of our powers', or something similar.
It's not a bad word, it's just a label for the countries that fought *with* Nazi Germany. The "Allies" were called that simply because they had no other name.
During the cold war, it was Nato vs the Warsaw Pact. Warsaw isn't a bad word either, just a label to address several countries at once.
It's not a bad word, it's just a label for the countries that fought *with* Nazi Germany. The "Allies" were called that simply because they had no other name.
During the cold war, it was Nato vs the Warsaw Pact. Warsaw isn't a bad word either, just a label to address several countries at once.
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It is the Axis powers that made that time a bad memory. So, it is their fault they used the word in the wrong way.
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Axis in WW2 was referring to the Berlin-Rome axis. Earth's axis has been called that since Roman times
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Anything is possible