Gabriel the Opinionistic's blog Tri-Daily Whatnot 

Something just occurred to me and before I forget here it is. We recently read “The Giver” by Lois Lowry and in that book’s wold words are very important. As I was walking down to grab my book Black Elk Speaks (awesome!) I thought to myself harassment is a word that the people in The Giver must hate because harassment can be as light as pestering your friend or horrid like whipping a medieval prisoner. Harassment and harassing are light, heavy, indiscriminate, and personal. It’s a shame to have only one word where eight could be more useful and effective. On second thought possibly they love it because it has so many uses like a verbal Swiss Army knife.