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		jaequery on Aug 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John McCain has died for the sake of humility, shouldn't we be saying "passed away", instead of "died"?

dctoedt on Aug 26, 2018 [–]

Not sure it's in any way un-humble to use the plain and simple verb "died" instead of a euphemism.

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