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Does anyone else have a problem with the phrase "war's toll"? It sounds like it's uttered by a tight-lipped posh British man talking over grainy black-and-white
by feoren 5y ago
Does anyone else have a problem with the phrase "war's toll"? It sounds like it's uttered by a tight-lipped posh British man talking over grainy black-and-white footage. Can we call it "Human beings choosing to just fucking outright murder innocent civilians for no fucking reason ...'s toll"? These are humans who have decided to commit war crimes and what is essentially genocide. It's not like "oh, man, war just happens, and it really sucks for the people it happens to." No, war doesn't just happen randomly -- these humans are choosing to do this. It's not "war's toll". It's murder.
- scotty79 5y agoI completely agree with you. Many small wars that happened since world war II caused the journalist to develop sort of usual war reporing routine and language. And they are applying by default the same routine to this teritorial invasion of 40mln pro-european country and very probable start of world war 3. It's infuriating that this language muddles the uniqueness of this event and lulls so many people into the sense of safe familiarity. It's not the war that your dad's war was in some remote country 'sadly tragic'.