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Jul. 25th, 2005 06:02 pm
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Some politician was saying we've got the terminology wrong.

We shouldn't say "shoot to kill"; we should say "shoot to protect".

Of course, that makes all the difference.

Now lets think of a nice way of saying "innocent man with five bullets in his head."

Date: 2005-07-25 01:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com
I don't so much object to the policy as to the attempt by politicians to make a hideous situation more acceptable by prettifying the language around it.

Okay, I'll buy that. And I agree, the poor police officer...he did what he thought was right.

Date: 2005-07-25 02:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
There'll be an inquiry. The police officers involved already gave statements.

We're learning now that the victim was shot once in the shoulder and seven times in the head.

Why seven times?

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