On 07/28/04 18:07, Harry Smith wrote:
with regard to calling an act murder. The common definition of murder and the definition that appears in wikipedia is: Murder is the crime of intentionally causing the death of another human being, without lawful excuse. If we accept this definition, then we need to ask if the individuals that shot the boy had lawful excuse.
From the articles, the reason for the shooting is that
the boy and his family opposed the attempt to use the family's property/land. Does the family's refusal constitute lawful excuse for the shooting?
The particular case isn't the issue. What is at issue is your habit of using the linked words [[terrorist]] and [[murder]] when you contribute INN news pieces to [[Current events]]. It's blatant emotive slanting of the story. And the real problem is it isn't informative - how was the "murder" in question performed? [[terrorist]] vs [[freedom fighter]] vs fighter without major military hardware? Etc.
Your usage of terms in a blatantly emotive way that adds nothing to the informational content of the piece is a real problem.
- d.