[Mrs. Don-o]

There was another thread about this same horror. and this is what I wrote:

"Tragedy"?

It was a bad day when the word "tragedy" escaped from the Literary Criticism corral and jumped into the Stupid Journalists' Stylebook. This was no "tragedy." It was a deliberate murder.

Everyone involved in the murder professes sorrow. Not for murder, but for "bungling" a murder.

You just want to take people and shake them.

Well, maybe this will shake them.

[jackibutterfly]

"It was a bad day when the word "tragedy" escaped from the Literary Criticism corral and jumped into the Stupid Journalists' Stylebook. This was no "tragedy." It was a deliberate murder."

I agree with you - I CAN'T STAND it when they use the word "tragedy" for situations like this, when they should be using the word "ATROCITY"!!! A car wreck is a tragedy, a hurricane/tornado is a tragedy, a cancer patient dying is a tragedy - deliberately killing babies (abortion), shooting down/blowing up people, etc. are ATROCITIES!!!