Why is killing women wrong?

[Drewish]

Why not just use 'they' for both singular and plural?

That's what I do, generally-- but there is the issue of singular vs. plural.

Obscurity is not a flaw of language, it's a feature

Can be. But it's nice to have an option of varying precision.

Well you can always say 'one' though that does sound pretentious.

[hadespussercats]

Why not just use 'they' for both singular and plural?

That's what I do, generally-- but there is the issue of singular vs. plural.

Obscurity is not a flaw of language, it's a feature

Can be. But it's nice to have an option of varying precision.

Well you can always say 'one' though that does sound pretentious.

It also sounds theoretical, not actual. "One doesn't..." "One could..."

[redunderthebed]

Its simple people with conscious almost always have a predisposition to have a concern for the vunerable which often includes women and children. So the news as they have done since year dot are emotionally manipulating the viewer to stay and watch the ads or read in the ads in the newspaper.

I think it has got worse especially since the proliferation of news sources and the habit of blurring the lines between news and entertainment.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I always wondered, when I was little, about the "save the women and the children" line that would always come up in old disaster movies.

"Women and children first!" is just a way to check for sharks.

[camoguard]

I think that's a good idea because then the sharks get the minimum snack before we know something is out there. I'm also in favor of shooting sharks with laser beams.