Comments on: AP – moral relativism and body count http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/29/2660 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:08:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: SnoopyTheGoon http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/29/2660/comment-page-1#comment-24506 SnoopyTheGoon Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:41:07 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/29/2660#comment-24506 To be even more of a nitpicker, I would say that these three were murdered. But for AP it is a nuance that will not register. You are right about titles though. Oh, and that stringer is a she ;-) To be even more of a nitpicker, I would say that these three were murdered. But for AP it is a nuance that will not register.

You are right about titles though. Oh, and that stringer is a she ;-)

]]> By: Dr. Weevil http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/29/2660/comment-page-1#comment-24504 Dr. Weevil Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:02:34 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/29/2660#comment-24504 You're certainly right to criticize the headline, but the body of the text makes up for it: "killing himself and three people" excludes the killer from the class of 'people' and implies that he was subhuman or nonhuman. As for the Israeli stringer who wrote the article, he may not be responsible. I know I've read many times over the years that titles are routinely supplied by editors with no input from the authors of the stories. You’re certainly right to criticize the headline, but the body of the text makes up for it: “killing himself and three people” excludes the killer from the class of ‘people’ and implies that he was subhuman or nonhuman.

As for the Israeli stringer who wrote the article, he may not be responsible. I know I’ve read many times over the years that titles are routinely supplied by editors with no input from the authors of the stories.

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