The Korean(-American) passive "himself"?

Mon Apr 23 16:09:21 UTC 2007

On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:08 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> I think the overriding concern here is the right to be presumed
> innocent
> until found guilty in court in the US. If the reporter said that
> Cho did
> it, then there might even be a case of libel or bad reporting at
> the least.

but in this case (and many similar ones, like the Columbine
shootings), there can never be a court finding of guilt, because
there can never be a trial.  when the identity of the perpetrator(s)
is clear, no one ever has a problem with identifying them as such,
even though they are (and forever will be) "innocent" in the legal
sense.

another case where legal language and ordinary language don't work
quite the same.

arnold

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