Local duck murdered
From today's "We might have a future serial killer on our hands" file: a 14-year-old boy apparently decided it would be a good idea to kill a Cambridge Springs-area duck and then smash a couple of its eggs. The Bonecutters, a local family with an ever-so-cool last name, had been caring for the duck and observing it daily. GoErie.com has the full story. The kid either dropped a rock on the duck or stomped on it--both of those scenarios are pretty messed up if you ask me.
posted by admin@CambridgeSprings.net at 8:10 AM
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you cannot "murder" an animal.
mur·der /ˈmɜrdər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mur-der] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder), and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder).
Well, the whole thing was intended to be a little tongue-in-cheek (is there really any such thing as a "local duck"?).
Still, I can't resist pointing out that the Merriam-Webster online dictionary does list a second definition of murder as "to slaughter wantonly : slay" and a third definition as "to put an end to".
Both of those seem to be what happened to the duck.
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