"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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Merriam-Webster: "refugee: one that flees; especially: a person who flees
to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution". What's
being objected to is the connotation of having fled from a foreign
country; obviously, that connotation is not objectionable in situations
where people really do flee internationally.

World Book: A person who flees for refuge or safety in time of war,
persecution, or disaster.

(no mention of country)


I don't think the terminology is worth obsessing over. But still less is
anyone's obsession over it worth obsessing over.


....which makes it all the more peculiar that the President and the Black
leaders would obsess so... and they are *extremely* adamant about it, too.
:-? This is but one of hundreds of articles about the issue:
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7000056047

Anyway, I just didn't want Jay to get in trouble with the language police,
so, having completed the mission: end of refugee-semantics sub-thread
hopefully :-)