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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Whoa; semantics, metaphors, and
accusations run deep in Melyinda's reply. No pseudonyms and, actually, not bad
looking, so I've been told. ...I like it!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>--Ed</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=melynda@moscow.com href="mailto:melynda@moscow.com">Melynda
Huskey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] immigration:
comment to RVcowboy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Ed wrote:<BR>><BR>> "Undocumented
immigrants"? WHAT? Illegal Aliens is more like
it.<BR>> Who comes up with the stupid inaccurate
euphemistic PC<BR>> catchphrases? Thats about as
bad as renaming homosexuals,<BR>> gays
is that to
fool us into believing that they are happy,<BR>>
lively, spirited? Back to the issue at hand. As
rational<BR>> intellects (self-proclaimed in some
instances), what do we not<BR>> understand about
the word illegal? Illegal means: prohibited
by<BR>> law, not a sick bird.<BR>><BR>Maybe it's
the English professor in me, but I have to ask, what makes <BR>"undocumented
immigrants" a catchphrase, but not "illegal aliens"? Is it <BR>simply that one
embodies a rhetorical position you agree with, and the <BR>other
doesn't?<BR><BR>About gay people . . . I don't think anyone's trying to fool
you, Ed. <BR>Sometimes a word can have more than one meaning. You can be gay,
and so <BR>can I, without any inconsistency at all. Either one of us could
even be <BR>both--well, at least I could.<BR><BR>As rational intellects, I
think it's best for us to post under our own <BR>names, rather than
pseudonyms. Don't worry about being an ugly duckling, <BR>Ed. Just speak right
up, like the lively, spirited, happy fellow you are.<BR><BR>Melynda
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