[WikiEN-l] Viajero/Zero and Lance6 - POV terms

[David Gerard]

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.