words, words, words

Kevin LaPalme investor at eplanetbizweb.com
Thu Mar 28 19:06:06 PST 2002


On 28 Mar 2002 at 15:16, joanna bujes wrote:


> I invite comment on two words that have gotten lots of airplay in the
> last twenty years: "privatization" and "homeless(ness)".
>
> "homeless" bothers me -- as opposed to the older "pauper" or "beggar"
> because of that "home" shit. I mean, these people have no shelter and
> sleep on the sidewalk. Who cares about homes?

A pauper or beggar has a social role. A pauper is a person. You know his/her name. "There goes Tom the Lunatic!"

"Homeless" connotes a lack, absence, void. "Homeless person" is an oxymoron?



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