I believe it was because of the raw violence and just oddity that was seen in the book, back then it was not common to go see a movie that had so much killing, much less read a book where you get chosen and stoned to death. That age was a little more innocent. Hope this helps.
The real meaning of euphemism friendly fire is term in military bases means accidentally attacking your own military unit hope this helps :)
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