Shaun:
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A slasher, armed with a mere box-cutter, injured dozens in China. While it's easy to point out the distinction between injured and killed, the intent is still the key issue.
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Had you said
two dozen you would have been just about at the number reported, but
dozens implies some larger number. The reality is bad enough without unnecessary inflation.
What use is it to pretend the weapons don't matter? Or that desire to kill or harm doesn't matter? All of it matters.
So, the intent isn't THE key. Not to those attacked, at least. Or to those attached to them. Life really is lived inside bodies that can survive some intentions, but not some weapons.
A man with hands or a rope or a knife can kill and maim and that is terrible. A man with a gun can massacre and that is terrible multiplied.
Marcia