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"An activist imprisoned in France" makes this sound like some sort of locked up protestor, rather than someone that set fire to a load of vehicles and a warehou
by Closi 4y ago
"An activist imprisoned in France" makes this sound like some sort of locked up protestor, rather than someone that set fire to a load of vehicles and a warehouse.
It should really read "An arsonist imprisoned in France".
- flangola7 4y agoThose aren't mutually exclusive. France isn't known for having neutered nonviolent protests like those in the US and UK.
- Closi 4y agoIt's true, but if a murderer that donated to charity was imprisoned I would probably go with "a murderer imprisoned in France" rather than "a philanthropist imprisoned in France".
- aquariusDue 4y agoHow about a "murderous philanthropist"?
- shakow 4y ago> France isn't known for having neutered nonviolent protests It definitely is.
- CoastalCoder 4y agoInteresting point. One word seems to bias us toward sympathetic assumptions, and the other away from them. I'm struggling to think of a good neutral term for this case.
- justinclift 4y agoAren't they just "accused of arson" at this point?
- kebman 4y agoIf you look into Koba's life before he came Stalin; even if you try to give what he did neutral descriptions, the words "mafia racket" still comes to mind.
- medo-bear 4y ago> "An arsonist imprisoned in France" this is not factual as arson is an accusation