On ships and at naval stations ashore, flags are flown at half-mast .
Some terms are offensive per se to some people with disabilities.
The past tense and passive is hanged for executions or suicides, hung for everything else. The controversy surrounds not only the act, but the word itself. Be careful to use the dual term or the carryall term world leaders to describe attendees at major world conferences. Lots of heads of state may not attend but their heads of government might. Editors must be kind to their reporters.