[adorno]

Suicidal planet seems on death spiral into star

Suicidal?

Geez!

Suicidal conveys a meaning of choice. Yet, it's "very likely", that the planet didn't make the choice to commit suicide. And, if the term "suicidal" is applicable, would it not have been just as descriptive to refer to the star as "homicidal" or "cannibal"?

Why not have referred to the apparent event as the logical ending to a planet which is being affected by the massive physical forces of two very large masses which are in very close proximity to each other?

[freedomlover]

“Suicidal?

Geez!

Suicidal conveys a meaning of choice. Yet, it’s “very likely”, that the planet didn’t make the choice to commit suicide. And, if the term “suicidal” is applicable, would it not have been just as descriptive to refer to the star as “homicidal” or “cannibal”?

Why not have referred to the apparent event as the logical ending to a planet which is being affected by the massive physical forces of two very large masses which are in very close proximity to each other? “

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You’re no fun. Don’t you know that journalism is all about hyperbole these days?