“No, just a stickler for proper language. They always use weasel words or unnecessary adjectives, or offensive BS e.g. “Robbery Gone Bad”. It’s in the StyleGuide I think.”
I don’t think ‘violent’ is either a weasel word or an unnecessary adjective.
And your ‘Robbery Gone Bad’ has a distinct meaning.
OTOH, there is both offensive AND inoffensive BS.
Rape is violent by definition, that’s the point. It (shouldn’t) need any clarification. Unless you’re Whoppi Goldburg I suppose.
Unless you believe in the concept of a Robbery “gone good” you’re smoking you’re socks.