npub1yxz2r8xwr4q7t220k3m26a7pxnz2wq0mygtjeqln2w7yc0jz6nts9k6s8m (npub1yxz…6s8m) (sorry - this does *not* negate your point but I can't stop myself).
the first sentence isn't passive; 'died' is intransitive so it's not really passivize-able. The second sentence is passive (kill is transitive, and there's no overt subject in subject position), which is kinda the opposite of what you're getting at.
I think the bias here is straight verb choice: 'died' doesn't take an agentive subject, but 'kill' does.
ugh. linguistics is a defense mechanism and stuff
Amy Fountain /
npub1xa…08nzy
2023-10-13 15:49:57
in reply to nevent1q…uh90
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npub1xag54j4kept26lzs3ae5a9qrmkwut4rcmjdudeczsdc59nqctrmsl08nzyPublished at
2023-10-13 15:49:57Event JSON
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