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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Sunday, September 11, 2022Former MLB pitcher-turned-Port Authority cop Anthony Varvaro killed on way to Manhattan’s 9/11 service
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Posted: September 11, 2022 at 05:59 PM | 9 comment(s)
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1. cHiEf iMpaCt oFfiCEr JEthe linguistics of this sentence are a ####### nightmare.
was varvaro driving on the wrong side of the road? or was he run into by someone driving on the wrong side of the road?
how fast was he going?
was anyone else injured?
Doubtful. I would guess that 100% of the time, the wrong-way driver is either drunk or elderly. Or both.
Here's a tip I got from a veteran drunk: Late at night, when there is light traffic on the highways, always drive in the right lane, because drunk drivers know they are drunk and will drive in the right lane, to avoid scrutiny. So if you're going one way in the right lane, and the drunk s coming at you in the lane that is the drunk's right lane, you'll likely avoid a collision.
you've never seen a police car (or ambulance, for that matter) speed down the wrong way of a street?
btw: a bit more background about the linguistics issues that are triggering me here:
beyond that, i have a few more questions:
-- what time of day did the accident occur?
-- was there another vehicle involved, or was this a one-car accident?
-- did varvaro fall asleep at the wheel?
-- what was varvaro's BAC?
and lastly, i also take issue with the article's usage of the verb "killed", rather than the more neutral "died". "killed" implies that there was purposeful intent behind varvaro's death. i didn't rtfa, but based on the excerpt, i see no evidence that supports any intent behind his death. is that just sloppy editing/reporting? possibly. but as it's coming from the nypost, with a headline that doesn't even include the fact that varvaro died in a car accident, it reads more like a deliberate attempt to reinforce a certain sentiment to its readers.
(1) Passive voice is used of deaths when one is more interested in the person who died than in the killer or inanimate cause. Here, Varvaro is the focus, as is appropriate. (And should be: RIP.)
(2) "Kill" is often used of non-intentional death, so frequently that the main sense in OED is this, italics mine: "To put to death; to deprive of life; to slay, slaughter. In early use implying personal agency and the use of a weapon; later, extended to any means or cause which puts an end to life, as an accident, over-work, grief, drink, a disease, etc."
My assumption would be that a police-academy instructor on his way to work was sober and careful, and sometimes things simply happen. Again, RIP.
Folks, read the article once in awhile! The other driver was driving the wrong way on a one-way street and struck Varvaro. It links to this story.
I do agree with your concerns about passive voice when dealing with car collisions - and where you see it a lot more - police shootings.
thank you for that link; that article is substantially better than the nypost one that was originally posted.
the headline alone addresses nearly every question/issue i had with the nypoost's coverage:
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