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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:55:40 AM EDT
Why not call them refugees. They have no homes, no jobs and in many cases, no city. They are seeking refuge. Are we so politically correct about it that we can't refer to people seeking refuge as refugees.
Someone please explain this to me 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:59:28 AM EDT
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Some peoples pride wont let them admit they are refugees.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:01:00 AM EDT
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BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE no idea what the word means
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:03:25 AM EDT
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guess they want to be displace people instead. a refugee is a person in another country in there own mind .
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:05:59 AM EDT
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"refugee" has a meaning, and they are not refugees.
But if being called refugees is their biggest problem right now, then things are going real well for them. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:07:17 AM EDT
[#5]
nothing
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:08:30 AM EDT
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Cracks me up how the media is doing it.
I saw one broadcast, the news reader was saying "Many of the people affected by Hurricane Katrina take exception to the term 'refugee', they claim that it makes them seem less American." <slight pause> "Many refugees are... " 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:08:57 AM EDT
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Main Entry: ref·u·gee
Pronunciation: "re-fyu-'jE, 're-fyu-" Function: noun Etymology: French réfugié, past participle of (se) réfugier to take refuge, from Latin refugium : one that flees; especially : a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution - ref·u·gee·ism /-"i-z&m/ noun Refugee is probably the most accurate discriptor for the situation. Just not politicaly correct any more to call a spade a spade. So we use the "V" word, and call them disaster victims because we all know what happened to them is not at all there own fault. Here in Houston we are calling them Our Undocumented Tourists. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:12:42 AM EDT
[#8]
Nail on the head |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:14:10 AM EDT
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I am definitley not perfect when it comes to word usage, but I think evacuee would probably fit better than refugee. But is evacuee an actual word anyway? I always understood refugee was fleeing their country because of persecution or because of a war which none of the New Orleans citizens are.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:24:13 AM EDT
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From our friends at DU:
blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-04-05 10:13 AM Response to Reply #2 5. It's the connotation for me. Mind that I'm a bit nit-picky about language My connotation (the meaning I PERSONALLY ascribe to the word) is an "other," for instance, I see it as undermining our view of the victims/refugees/etc. as being fellow American citizens, that's why my back goes up when I hear Chertoff use it. Now that I've gone back and read an official definition of the word, I think refugee fits in nicely. I do see the people in the Southeast as victims of political oppression, as much as my heart aches to believe it. I just want to get others' thoughts on the use of the two terms. Now that I've looked more carefully, I see they can easily be used interchangeably. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:29:48 AM EDT
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From my Websters Dictionary:
Refugee: A person who flees to find safety. So, I have no problem with using the word based on this definition. Call me insensitive, but I am not degrading anybody by calling them a refugee. I am simply using a word that the common english language has given us to communicate with. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:31:43 AM EDT
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Ummm, what political oppression??? Unless of course you mean the hurricane created by President Bush
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:36:18 AM EDT
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Don't be niggardly when using the term refugee to describe the people displaced by hurricane Katrina.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:46:37 AM EDT
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What he said! 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:17:43 AM EDT
[#15]
ibtl
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:35:10 AM EDT
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nig·gard·ly ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ngrd-l)
adj. 1: Grudging and petty in giving or spending. 2: Meanly small; scanty or meager: left the waiter a niggardly tip. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- niggard·li·ness n. niggard·ly adv. ETA: Provided before some asshole gets their panties in a wad. |
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