> > [Moderator's Note: No human being should ever be called "illegal" or
> > "illegitimate" either.]
The word "illegitimate" is pretty repulsive, but "illegal" is a statement of fact. Why is it so insulting? Lots of things are illegal that shouldn't be, but I don't see how it changes things to call someone "undocumented" rather than "illegal." Just seems to me like the left variant of the American tendency towards euphemism, which gave us "passed away" for "died."
Doug