Comment by SirFatty
6 days ago
"The passive voice makes it sound like some act of God, something regrettable but unavoidable that just somehow happened. "
That's a really odd take.
6 days ago
"The passive voice makes it sound like some act of God, something regrettable but unavoidable that just somehow happened. "
That's a really odd take.
> odd take
It's not odd when the sentiment is widespread, for example, look at the other comments in this thread that talk about it.
Oh, well if everyone else is parroting it, then it must be correct.
I hope you see the irony of “ everyone else is parroting it, then it must be correct”.
You should probably just state what your opinion on it is, instead of bouncing between different complaints.
It's not that odd - it's simply pointing out that phrasing can and does play a rather large role in how we internalize and react to news.
It was an extremely common criticism of the passive voice. Yours is the weird take.
For what it's worth, I agree. It never crossed my mind that the phrasing could lead anyone to believe the suicides were "unavoidable" or an "act of God", especially when the title clearly ties the suicides to a causation.
The phrasing could be made more accusatory, but I don't think that's inherently better.