From: INVALID_SEE_SIG@example.com.invalid   
      
   In the previous article, David Carson   wrote:   
   > [...]   
      
   This is a *terribly* written article.  (That's not your fault, of   
   course.)   
      
   > Joubert had been under investigation for burglary and   
   > theft. Concerns arose when police planned to search his home,   
   > suspecting him of illegal activities involving exotic animals.   
      
   I mean, it's English.  It's not necessarily syntactically even   
   incorrect.  But good Lord, that's just the worst diction I've seen in   
   a "real" paper in some time.  I particularly expected better of the   
   British.   
      
   > During the police visit to his residence, officers were taken aback   
   > to discover over 60 snakes, along with other exotic creatures such   
   > as a crocodile, iguanas, monitors, tarantulas, hedgehogs, and   
   > ferrets.  Unbeknownst to the officers, Joubert used the opportunity   
   > to deliberately provoke his snakes into biting him, leading to his   
   > death.   
      
   Uh ... *what* "oppportunity"?  (It's explained later in the article   
   but that is not an excuse.)   
      
   > Authorities later confirmed that Joubert intentionally subjected   
   > himself to the lethal venom of his snakes. Despite efforts to save   
   > him, including a rushed trip to the hospital, the lack of appropriate   
   > antivenom led to his death.   
      
   A lack of anti-*venin* did not "lead to his death."  Snake bites led   
   to his death.  It was perhaps unavoidable because of that lack.  Maybe   
   the lack rendered his death inevitable.  But a hospital that's out of,   
   or doesn't stock, a particular medication doesn't "le[a]d to" anyone's   
   death.   
      
   That's just a couple of highlights.  I could go on for pages, but I'm   
   not trying to conduct an English seminar here; I was just so appalled   
   by the prose and structure of the article that I had to say something.   
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