"Praying for the family of Chris Lane. This senseless violence is frowned upon and the justice system must prevail."
Tweets are often abbreviated, so it is that we must view it in this context. We note first:
"Praying for the family of Chris Lane. This senseless violence is frowned upon and the justice system must prevail."
1. "Praying" does not have a pronoun. This is common in tweets, therefore, we look to see if it is a "dropped" pronoun, which has no commitment. With a dropped pronoun, the subject has not told us who it is that is praying for the family of Chris Lane. Since there are no other pronouns in the statement, we cannot call this a "dropped" or "missing" pronoun.
"Praying for the family of Chris Lane. This senseless violence is frowned upon and the justice system must prevail."
2. Note "this" represents closeness. The word "that" would indicate distance. Since this came shortly after the murder, the word "this" is the expected.
"Praying for the family of Chris Lane. This senseless violence is frowned upon and the justice system must prevail."
3. We note that he calls it "senseless violence" and not a "murder" or "killing." "Violence" is often an engagement of physical activity.
It is often behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. This was via gun fire. "Senseless" violence is differentiated by the subject, to "violence" by itself. It would be interesting to look into the subject's language about violence, versus murders or killings. This young man from Australia was a chosen target for bored killers, seeking to show themselves worthy of a gang status, perhaps. There was no struggle, there was no unfortunate incident or misunderstanding, and there was no chance for the young collegiate from Australia to defend himself.
It was a premeditated killing of a human being to relieve boredom.
One may struggle how, in the human race, this can actually exist. We then move towards the expected: Outrage from the subject who claims to be a defender of human rights. The extreme nature of the murder leaves us expecting a harsh condemnation from the subject.
4. Next we note that which is quite unexpected in a murder: "frowned upon":
Praying for the family of Chris Lane. This senseless violence is frowned upon and the justice system must prevail."
The phrase "frowned upon" is the unexpected. When something is "frowned upon" it is disapproved, and this is often used in casual terminology, particularly when describing poor manners. We know from the subject's language from previous cases that he uses the word "outraged"in describing "killings" and "murders."
One might "frown upon" table manners that are not becoming, or may be "disappointed" at a child who did not do his homework. Coaches "frown upon" young Little Leaguers who did not hustle, in order to show disappointment.
The minimization of the murder is highlighted here by the subject's choice of wording.
One may wonder why it is that the murder of the young male from Australia is, in the subject's personal, subjective, internal dictionary, an action that is "frowned upon", that is, disapproved of, rather than condemned or found to be "outrageous" in any form.
5. Lastly, the subject says that the justice system "must" prevail, and not that it "will" prevail. What has caused the subject to use the word "must" rather than expressing confidence in the justice system?
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