Comments on: What does “not acceptable” mean to Katrina’s victims?

By: S.C.

S.C. — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 13:15:55 +0000

Sorry about my outburst. I was having a bad day. How about indefinitely homeless or elementally challenged? ‘$*#@!&$ for life’ perhaps? ‘Starving’? ‘Dying’? ‘huddled masses’? Most of the media is doing the ‘refugee’ thing, I’m curious to see if they make a move toward a kinder friendlier label as per “struggle against extremism”.

By: weldon berger

weldon berger — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 05:33:08 +0000

I suppose we could go with “displaced persons,” or “DPs” for short. “Survivors” or “victims” don’t really convey the scale of the disaster.

By: S.C.

S.C. — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 05:22:13 +0000

Would everybody please stop saying refugees!! Yes it’s nitpicking but, ‘taking refuge’ from somthing or a ‘place of refuge’ have differnent meaning than “refugee”. Refuge is more of a general term, while the word refugee implies some persecution of a political kind that is often associated with conflict. Usually religious or more likely, all out war.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 05:12:02 +0000

If Bush officials were fired for underperforming, would not it logically follow that the lead official would resign?

You know, if one was consistent.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 01:37:41 +0000

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