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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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"Church slay 'sympathy' from devil" NYPost

This is a line in the front page of today's New York Post refering to the events in South Carolina.

I don't quite understand it. It says the killer said the parishioners were 'nice' people until he started killing them.

Can anybody explain? Since it says "from", what I understand is that his use of the word 'nice' shows he now wants to express sympathy for the ones he killed. In the hearing some of the relatives expressed forgiveness.

Thank
  

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Are you sure you have typed this correctly?
Is it a headline?
Can you provide a link to it, please?
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Anonymous "Church slay 'sympathy' from devil"
Total nonsense.

CJ
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Then what does that mean? It's actually on the page of the newspaper.
Did he tell us a nonsense thing?
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SupercatThen what does that mean? It's actually on the page of the newspaper.
Yes, I went to the link and I saw it myself. Maybe you have to read the article before it makes sense.

The incident took place in a church, so they wrote "church".
"slay" means "kill". People were killed in that church.
"sympathy" is a feeling of good will toward s
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Indeed, a combination of church + slay could work to suggest the tragedy. Thank you for your explanation!
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CalifJimTotal nonsense.
I agree. I went to the link expecting to be able to interpret it, but I couldn't. The sub-editor has just thrown words together in the vague hope that it will stimulate the reader to look at the article.
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