re: #363 ObserverArt

I think there is a distinct difference in the word kill and died. I think you may be getting them a bit crossed up.

If killing and dying from killing are separated, it leads to numerous absurdities. E.g. someone is wounded in Washington, lives on for 60 more years in London with the bullet, then dies from its effects. It is right to say that the killer was the one who mortally wounded him or her, but it’s absurd to say that he was killed in Washington (only to live 60 more years in London after (s)he was killed in Washington).

You won’t find either “killer” in the US, but both men did “die” here.

No, the killer was in their bodies.

The killer is still Ebola and the killer that both men died from is still in Africa.

Words…what do they mean?

Words mean a lot. Which is why it’s simply wrong to say that Ebola didn’t kill anyone in the US.