Way too soft a punishment imo

  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
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    It’s weird how they talk about grandfather here without clarifying who is he a grandfather to (I thought it was her grandfather) and how grandfather is like a title or something. I would’ve expected it to be reported as “killed a year old man” or something

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      It’s supposed to convey that he had more significance than someone who wasn’t a grandfather (and hence meant less to less people). It’s a manipulative technique used by journalists and politicians (they talk about such and such who is a mum or a dad). I hate this kind of crap though, because it suggests that someone is less worthy of attention if they don’t have a family.