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[oookittenooo]

I have so many things going on in my mind I can't even begin where I want to... so I'll ask a question that has been bugging me for a while... why are the people who were "displaced" because of the hurricane being called refugees. I thought that word meant people feeling because of exile, or fear of persecution. Plus they didn't leave their "

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[coded555]

Lack of a better word perhaps?

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

Well, they are fleeing from something, and New Orleans might be considered still a dnagerous place to be, for the time being, so the people from there are taking refuge elsewhere.

[kuroukaze]

Refugee is the political term used to refer to people that have been displaced or are seeking asylum. Remember that in politics they use the most apt term, but not usually one that means to them what it means to us. Refugee gets tuggin' at the heart strings, while "homeless" and simliar terms do not.