… will it take, before it is called a Murder …
is it that when people are murdered – if those we support, murder them – they aren’t murders ?
are the murdered in Gujarat any less murdered than the murdered in Delhi ?
Is a Priyanka Bhotmange any less a murder victim than a Priyadarshani Mattoo ?
are the murdered in Sopore any less murdered than the murdered in Shopian?
Why is there selective outrage ? selective grief ? selective hypocrisy ? or is it that no one cares ?
How many murders will it take, before “it” is called a murder?
What is “it”? Very curious.
murder … they are called not so controversial things like victims, deaths, incidents, tribal violence, caste violence,
but while the rest may be true — it is murder – plain and simple …
The only thing that has been murdered in that sentence is the english language.
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You have it backwards. One murder is a murder. A thousand murders is a statistic. (Stalin said something similar.)
Recently India Today splashed a cover story on how dangerous Goa is, and the Goans were peeved that one murder in Goa is national news, while nobody blinks when it happens in Delhi.
On the other hand, non-fatal burglaries and chain-snatchings do make the news in the newspapers in India, while abroad, if nobody died, it’s not news.
You should also practise singular/plural forms many times before writing a comment. Stalin´s comment was “The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic”. “A thousand murders is” will send him spinning in the grave.
First, Stalin’s corpse wouldn’t care about my use of English, second, I’m not the one who needs to practice singulars/plurals. Notice the “a” in “a thousand murders”.
Maybe you are a Linkin Park fan, but even that does not make it right.
Your last para – confuses “it is” and “it´s”. Also mixes present and past tense. All that we have been forced to discuss so far is “a thousand murders” of the language.
Keep digging. Perhaps, like many “native” speakers, you think “it’s” is a possessive. “It’s” is short for “it is”. “Its” is a possessive. The former is clearly my intention.
There is in fact a mistake I made in a comment above, but I’ll let you rummage for it: it’s fun to watch.
PS – James, perhaps you’d like to go through this. Then we can discuss advanced topics like plurals and tenses.
From your comment on “native” speakers, it is very clear where you stand on Priyanka Bhotmange´s murder.
Good heavens. By “native speaker” I meant this, which is what any native speaker of English would understand by that phrase. From your language, tone and Linkin Park reference, I assumed you are an American. If I was wrong, I apologise.
Rightly put ! There are varying standards & hence this discrimination.