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Inviso posted...

Here's another question then. Which of the following descriptions is a softer portrayal in terms of how reader/viewer/listener feels about the person in question and their actions?

"The killer was an adult man."

OR

"The killer was a teenaged boy."

Adult man?

But that assumes the news story is the killer, Most articles I have read have had the lead of the 10 people killed, which makes the killer additional details which changes the readers perception.

It probably doesn't help that I discuss rhetoric quite a bit with my spouse who teaches high school rhetoric classes so the nuances of these sort of things are especially apparent to me so it bothers me when people make blanket statements about them