I know RMS and ESR write this kind of stuff about words and true meaning all the time, but I don't get it really.

* For my friends, I am a hacker because I can fix their computer and I can easily edit a word document using keyboard shortcuts. They don't know or care about anything else.

* For others (the mass media), Max Vision is a hacker because he broke into computers.

* For RMS Linus Torvalds is a hacker because he wrote a kernel for GNU and made it Open Source.

I don't see why I need to lecture the first two groups about a word which clearly states the meaning they have in mind and by that I mean: When they use it, I totally understand what they are trying to say.