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OP The Rt. Rev'd D. Bruce MacPherson, the (Episcopal) Bishop of Western Louisiana, has requested the people of the Episcopal Church not to refer to those who have left Louisiana as a consequence of Hurricane Katrina as "refugees." Bishop MacPherson said, "They have not fled to a foreign country, they have sought the aid of a neighbor. I pray that we may look upon them as 'evacuees' to whom we have been given the gift to minister."
Odd thought. If they aren't "refugees" then what makes them different from other people who are refugees? Besides, the term "evacuees" sounds to me like someone who has had all the moisture sucked out of them by being placed in a hypobaric vessel.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted refugees? Father Steve 09/14/05 10:53 PM Re: refugees? Buffalo Shrdlu 09/14/05 11:02 PM Geoff Nunberg AnnaStrophic 09/14/05 11:18 PM Re: Geoff Nunberg Buffalo Shrdlu 09/15/05 01:05 AM Re: Geoff Nunberg Vernon Compton 09/15/05 03:08 AM Re: refugees? TEd Remington 09/15/05 12:53 AM Re: refugees? wsieber 09/15/05 05:22 AM Re: refugees? tsuwm 09/15/05 05:39 AM
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