Trayvon Williams tragedy(not)

[Jude Bloom]

You're being disingenuous, saying the discussion is about 'diction.' 'Total disregard for the facts' seems blissfully unsupported, too.

Besides I thought Prof Orwell (most recently) taught us that language is not just words & diction, but life, death, and freedom?

The gleeful-sounding-ness of 'spree' does make it inadvisable as a word to describe murder.

Allegedly,
JB





On Mar 23, 2012, at 6:34 PM, alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:

> You are not referring to the alleged murders in Afghanistan are you?
> That is, the murder of more than a dozen Afghans, most of the
> children, that a USA soldier allegedly committed recently? If you are,
> the assault you've launched on the press for its diction, seems a
> minor offense next to your total disregard for the facts.
> 
> 
>> Another example is the press calling the recent murder of sleeping
>> Iraqi civilians a "killing spree."  "Spree" is a really bad word
>> choice, now a cliche.