I like your tagline.
BTW, this “incident” wasn’t a “tragedy”, nor was 9/11.
The proper word is “atrocity”.
Thank you for clarification regarding the term “tragedy.” This word is the most misused and abused in the English language. When using the word “tragedy,” think Hamlet. He was a basically good man with a character flaw. He debated whether or not he would avenge his father’s death. The operative word here is DEBATE. Do you think the mass murderer in Tucson was debating anything? His brain was so screwed up (most likely by extensive drug use), he was totally morally vacuous, obviously impulsive, etc., that he was incapable of debate. I believe he did what he did without ANY moral reservation.
Thus, the term “tragedy” doesn’t apply to 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, earthquakes, other mass murders, devastating blizzards, etc.
Would anyone else like to add to this discussion?
Thanks...I've had it for awhile, but it doesn't seem to be doing any good. :-( Since we have US Marshals, I wonder if the folks using 'marshal law' think it's somehow related to them, and NOT the same as 'martial law', which they may think only applies to military personnel?
I wish we had a chance to have 'tag paragraphs', so I could also mention that's there's no such words as 'alot', 'alright' or 'heighth' and the word 'probably' is not spelled "prolly". And that even though spell check "corrects" definitaly to defiantly, there is a difference between 'defiantly' and 'definitely'. And-
Maybe I need a tag page!
BTW, this “incident” wasn’t a “tragedy”(3), nor was 9/11. The proper word is “atrocity”(1).Thank you, thank you, thank you.
The abuse of the word “tragedy”(3) by the pc crowd drives me nutz.
Like you correctly state these things are an atrocity (1). Atrocious(2) acts committed by maniacs.
(1) Atrocity - noun
a) the quality or state of being atrocious.
b) an atrocious act, thing, or circumstance.(2) Atrocious - adjective
a) extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
b) shockingly bad or tasteless; dreadful; abominable: an atrocious painting; atrocious manners.3) tragedy - noun
a) a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction.
b) a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: the tragedy of war.
A head-on Train Crash is a 'tragedy'. A volcano erupting and wiping out a village is a 'tragedy'. But a 'tragedy' is NOT some lunatic killing and/or shooting up a group of people.