Trayvon Williams tragedy(not)

[Ian Livingston]

And all this is a petty pastime that keeps us off the streets, where
our moral outrage belongs in these times.

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Jude Bloom <jude at bloomradio.com> wrote:
> You're being disingenuous, saying the discussion is about 'diction.' 'Total disregard for the facts' seems blissfully unsupported, too.
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> Besides I thought Prof Orwell (most recently) taught us that language is not just words & diction, but life, death, and freedom?
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> The gleeful-sounding-ness of 'spree' does make it inadvisable as a word to describe murder.
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> Allegedly,
> JB
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> On Mar 23, 2012, at 6:34 PM, alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>>> 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.



-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant