To: Ol' Dan Tucker
you can't murder an animal. You can kill it, but it's not considered homicide.
Peanut the Squirrel was anthropomorphized even before he was killed. So in the context of illustrating absurdity, the loose use of exact diction is understandable.
37 posted on
11/04/2024 11:05:09 AM PST by
Dr. Sivana
("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
To: Dr. Sivana
Peanut the Squirrel was anthropomorphized even before he was killed. So in the context of illustrating absurdity, the loose use of exact diction is understandable.In that light, you are correct.
38 posted on
11/04/2024 11:26:17 AM PST by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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