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[–] turbowafflz 43 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"Hit in head by bullet"

What an odd way to say shot in the head

[–] _bcron_ 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"The pedestrian was involved in a collision with a vehicle"

By using the passive voice you can just flip the subject around and not even mention the other party

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

maybe someone just threw a bullet at him?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The earth's orbital speed around the sun is 67,000 miles per hour. So this is really gravity's fault.

[–] Warl0k3 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Its an attempt to avoid the implications that come with the phrase "Shot in head" - that makes it sound like he was killed when a bullet penetrated his skull in that unique bullet-y way. What appears to have happened was that he was hit in the head by a 40mm rubber baton round when he went to move because he and his team were being gased and flashbanged by the Israeli army, and he was in critical condition.

I think the phrasing is rather awkward but not malicious.

(Also of important note, this article is more than a year old, from before the start of the imprecisely named current conflict, the "Israel-Hamas war".)

[–] SpaceNoodle 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, so his head ran into the bullet. Totally different.

[–] Warl0k3 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Nnno, he was shot with an (intentionally) misleadingly named munition while being gassed out of cover, and put into critical condition because of it. He wasn't shot with what you could nebulously call a "live round". That awkward to articulate distinction is the probable reason for the headline in question. I'm not sure what part of that wasn't explicit or clear.

FWIW, I've been unable to find out if he died from the injury, though I wouldn't be surprised if he did - Israeli baton rounds are notoriously brutal, even by 'rubber bullet' standards.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The gun, obviously.

[–] Warl0k3 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Guns dont kill people, Israelis kill people" isn't catching on as a slogan nearly as quickly as I had hoped.