David the July 23 story at issue was reported in The
New York Times (NYT), The British Broadcasting Company
(BBC), HaAretz, Israel National News (INN), Agence
France Presse (APF) and Al-Hayat Al-Jedidah.
I do not remember if any of them used the word
"murder". I used the word "murder" based upon the
wikipedia article definition.
I have heard your position regarding INN. Perhaps
your re-emphasis of this one point is due to my lack
of acknowlegement.
Could you repond to my questions regarding the use of
the term "murder" at wikipedia.
Do we honor our own definition?
Please see previous email regarding the question and
others.
Sincerely,
Lance6Wins
--- David Gerard <fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
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.
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