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Looks like the article says that he was 16 when he sent the messages, not when he was executed. He was executed at 21. Still unconscionable but sensationalizing

Looks like the article says that he was 16 when he sent the messages, not when he was executed. He was executed at 21. Still unconscionable but sensationalizing doesn't help anything.

draw_down 7y ago
The age is not really the sensational part but thanks for fact checking
GoodJokes 7y ago
You admit that the age doesn’t matter in your comment. Your comment is worthless.
kome 7y ago
that's not sensationalizing.
- colejohnson66 7y ago
  True, but the headline is slightly inaccurate so as to make it seem, I would guess, worse.
  - brianpgordon 7y ago
    Slightly inaccurate? The headline is grossly incorrect. Beheading a 16-year-old is materially different from beheading a 21-year-old. The appalling possibility of a kid being executed is what made me click on the story in the first place. And now my comment calling out the OP for creating a misleading headline is at -4 points. If HN is going to be a Facebook-like shithole of clickbait now, that's fine, but in that case I would appreciate it if someone could send me a lobste.rs invite so that I can keep ahead of the expanding event horizon of stupidity.
    - ceejayoz 7y ago
      The headline is slightly inaccurate, but the point remains the same. It's a travesty that someone's being beheaded for non-violent actions they performed as a child.
    - ShorsHammer 7y ago
      > my comment calling out the OP for creating a misleading headline is at -4 points https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
      - addicted 7y ago
        The headline is inaccurate. The correct headline would be “16 year old child tortured and made to confess to sending WhatsApp texts, and then beheaded 5 years later for confessing to sending WhatsApp texts as a child while being tortured. Also, 16 year old was tortured”.
GoodJokes 7y ago
What is it like to read something like this and be like, “I should really correct the age. It is very important. I am doing something good here.”???? I truly am impressed.
xrd 7y ago
He was beheaded. Maybe stating he was "executed" is actually the opposite of sensationalism?
- ShinTakuya 7y ago
  Depending on the manner of beheading it's not the worst type of execution. A quick slice on a guillotine is preferable to an electric chair for example...
  - xrd 7y ago
    Are you telling me this so I can make the right choice when the time comes? Or, because the victim's family will be pleased to know that? Does this "fact" change the concern expressed in the article, do you think?
    - ShinTakuya 7y ago
      I don't disagree, I'm against all executions. I'm just saying that if it was a quick beheading then I would say "execution" wouldn't be an euphemism like you've been saying.
- ericd 7y ago
  But he clearly wasn't talking about the beheading part being the sensationalized part.

Looks like the article says that he was 16 when he sent the messages, not when he was executed. He was executed at 21. Still unconscionable but sensationalizing doesn't help anything.

draw_down 7y ago

The age is not really the sensational part but thanks for fact checking

GoodJokes 7y ago

You admit that the age doesn’t matter in your comment. Your comment is worthless.

kome 7y ago

that's not sensationalizing.

colejohnson66 7y ago
True, but the headline is slightly inaccurate so as to make it seem, I would guess, worse.
- brianpgordon 7y ago
  Slightly inaccurate? The headline is grossly incorrect. Beheading a 16-year-old is materially different from beheading a 21-year-old. The appalling possibility of a kid being executed is what made me click on the story in the first place. And now my comment calling out the OP for creating a misleading headline is at -4 points. If HN is going to be a Facebook-like shithole of clickbait now, that's fine, but in that case I would appreciate it if someone could send me a lobste.rs invite so that I can keep ahead of the expanding event horizon of stupidity.
  - ceejayoz 7y ago
    The headline is slightly inaccurate, but the point remains the same. It's a travesty that someone's being beheaded for non-violent actions they performed as a child.
  - ShorsHammer 7y ago
    > my comment calling out the OP for creating a misleading headline is at -4 points https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
    - addicted 7y ago
      The headline is inaccurate. The correct headline would be “16 year old child tortured and made to confess to sending WhatsApp texts, and then beheaded 5 years later for confessing to sending WhatsApp texts as a child while being tortured. Also, 16 year old was tortured”.

GoodJokes 7y ago

What is it like to read something like this and be like, “I should really correct the age. It is very important. I am doing something good here.”???? I truly am impressed.

xrd 7y ago

He was beheaded. Maybe stating he was "executed" is actually the opposite of sensationalism?

ShinTakuya 7y ago
Depending on the manner of beheading it's not the worst type of execution. A quick slice on a guillotine is preferable to an electric chair for example...
- xrd 7y ago
  Are you telling me this so I can make the right choice when the time comes? Or, because the victim's family will be pleased to know that? Does this "fact" change the concern expressed in the article, do you think?
  - ShinTakuya 7y ago
    I don't disagree, I'm against all executions. I'm just saying that if it was a quick beheading then I would say "execution" wouldn't be an euphemism like you've been saying.
ericd 7y ago
But he clearly wasn't talking about the beheading part being the sensationalized part.