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Killed vs Died
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this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2023
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Then the BBC could have said something like "More than 500 people were slain in Gaza." They should have used a word that implies that the more than 500 people were actively put to death somehow, like killed or slain.
Keep in mind that the BBC are journalists; they literally do this for a living. Even if it was an innocent mistake, which I 1000% do not believe it is, it would still be an egregious fuck-up. But we know it's not a fuck-up...
Then the argument would have been about died/slain.
No one is imagining 500 deaths in a string of events is people peacefully passing away in the night.
It would have been killed/slain, which are pretty equivalent.
Passive vs active language does make a difference in emotion reaction to things.