“Apparently ‘semantics’ is another concept you can’t grasp”
Sorry...wrong again
Being that semantics is the study of meaning, words are important. If I meant ‘feel’ and what it implied I would have said it. Since I didn’t it is clear that it is you that cannot grasp the concept. :D
Furthermore, the context of the sentence was a challenge to the reader to think about the brevity of the crime vs. what the punishment is, and an appeal for rationality…not an emotional persuasion. I guess that was lost on you too.
I have a gut feeling about you. I am suspicious that you might be a modified concern-troll.
Bwaaaaaahahahahahahaaaaaaa!
So, if I rob a liquor store and kill the clerk in under 30 seconds I should get a lighter sentence than the robber who takes five minutes? What a maroon!
You claim to be a teacher, yet you cannot properly employ the word 'brevity'? Brevity ONLY refers to a short duration of time, or a conciseness in speech.
Unless you actually meant to indicate that a short duration during a criminal act is a mitigating factor?
In either case, it better not be language or law that you are teaching.