Ray Saintonge wrote:
I have a pet linguistic peeve in this debate. Please don't mix up the words "systemic" and "systematic". Something is "systemic" if it has become built into a system. Something is "systematic" if it is done in a structured and organized way.
systematic, adj: relating to or consisting of a system. systemic, adj: of, relating to, or common to a system.
(From http://www.m-w.com/)
Seems to me that systematic and systemic can indeed be used interchangably in many cases.
Shane.