The editorial headline “Law enforcement is not a zero-sum equation” (In Our View, Nov. 21) confounds me.
One repeatedly sees this phrase “a zero sum game” being used in the media. I ask myself repeatedly “what the hell does that really mean?” And so I Google it again and am reminded that it essentially means, I think, “no one wins.”
Undoubtedly some political/media hack came up with this phrase. For the sake of clarity, can we please move on to a more direct meaning and cease this overly cute and nonsensical phrase?
