No, but he might well get another one to go with it.
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No, but he might well get another one to go with it.
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Im not defending him, he is many things but imo labeling him a killer is a little confusing and possibly
misleading as what we relate to in our minds what a killer actually is. She was piloting the boat and i doubt
he wanted her to hit a sunken log at speed. What about her part in this tragedy?
Someone who by action or negligence causes the death of someone else.
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Just an evocative word then. Still wouldn't necessary label him a killer imo.
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What about the people responsible for the installation of the cladding on Grenfell Tower? Are they killers?
What about the policemen who shot Jean Charles de Menezes? Are they killers?
What about the guy who fell asleep at the wheel of his car, ran onto a railway track and caused a derailment and train crash in whihc 10 people died? Was he a killer?
What about any driver who by negligence causes an accident in which people die? Is he a killer?
I suppose the media are using the term killer, which might interpret as murderer.
Grenfell -I would think that would be corporate manslaughter.
Policeman who shot Charles De Menezes -is a killer.
A soldier that shoots an enemy is a killer.
As far as I can see killer is a noun, to kill is the verb. It describes an action. It has no legal meaning
Not the same as difference between murder, manslaughter, felony murder.
Grenfell -I would think that would be corporate manslaughter.
Policeman who shot Charles De Menezes -is a killer.
A soldier that shoots an enemy is a killer.
As far as I can see killer is a noun, to kill is the verb. It describes an action. It has no legal meaning
Not the same as difference between murder, manslaughter, felony murder.
Interpret by whom?
Corporate killers?
But not murderers, necessarily.
Does it have to be an action? What about lack of action? What about boneheaded stupidity which is not designed to kill but which any normal person can see carries a huge risk that it will result in a death?
Indeed not.
But apparently Mr Shepherd is guilty of one of those and is being described as a killer. Is that wrong?
Some diseases are described as killers - is that wrong?
No. Some a hole let his flat go on fire which caused all the deaths. Then the firemen refused to evacuate.
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Jack the ripper was a killer.
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Emotive language by the media, interpreted by the readers.
I think its about separating the technically correct use of the English language from using adjectives for emotive interpretation.
The dictionary describes a killer as:
killer definition: 1. someone who kills another person: 2. something that kills people, especially a disease or other illness: 3. something that destroys something:
On that basis, as he didnt kill another person he cant be a killer.
A disease can kill you, so you can have a killer disease.
Yes, the word killer describes an action, whereas murder, manslaughter or felony murder are all legal definitions of crimes
So, one could say he is responsible for her death, he 'as good as murdered her' or he committed manslaughter. The word killer, although wrong is easier for the press to use.
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Notch, careful, you're beginning to sound like EFL's love child 
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