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Par laimi nezinu, kurš ir tas "diplomāts", bet interesantā lieta, ka diplomātiju kā spēju motivē diezgan pretīgi priekšstati par pasauli un sevi, t.i., ka pasaule ir ļauna un sāncensīga vieta un ka dažiem ir vnk vairāk tiesību (t.i., privilēģiju) nekā citiem, vnk otrs pietiekami jāmaldina.

diplomacy (n.) Look up diplomacy at Dictionary.com
1796, from French diplomatie, formed from diplomate "diplomat" (on model of aristocratie from aristocrate), from Latin adjective diplomaticos, from diploma (genitive diplomatis) "official document conferring a privilege" (see diploma; for sense evolution, see diplomatic).

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privilege (n.) Look up privilege at Dictionary.com
mid-12c. "grant, commission" (recorded earlier in Old English, but as a Latin word), from Old French privilege "right, priority, privilege" (12c.) and directly from Latin privilegium "law applying to one person, bill of law in favor of or against an individual," later "privilege," from privus "individual" (see private (adj.)) + lex (genitive legis) "law" (see legal (adj.)). Meaning "advantage granted" is from mid-14c. in English.

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