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Re: [Marxism] Reuters: U.S. strikes killed 140 villagers: Afghan probe
Killakai wrote:
Something about the way this was phrased was bothersome to me. Highlighting the
number of children seems appropriate, but highlighting the number of adult
males with the word 'only' in front of it suggests their deaths were much less
meaningful, and that by virtue of them being adult males, their status as
civilians is questionable.
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I think this "only" comes from the idea that adult males would largely be
responsible for military action. So if ONLY a small number of adult men were
killed, that signifies the bombing raid as an attack on civilians.
Greg McD
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