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2013-04-07 Europe

Call illegals 'irregulars' says Eurocrat

[EXPRESS.CO.UK] Cecilia Malmstrom, the EU's home affairs commissioner, said she wanted to "eradicate" the term from Brussels documents.
Actually, there's no such thing as illegality. It's all a construct imposed on society by society. If nothing was regarded as illegal society would keel over dead.
She has instructed EU Commission staff to refer to foreigners who break border control laws as "irregular migrants" or simply "people" instead.
Too generic. How about "colonists?"
But her attempt to dictate how the issue of immigration is discussed was savaged last night.
No! Re-e-e-e-e-eally?
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage said: "Now the EU is even trying to change the language.
Multilingually, assuming that's a word.
"This sounds like something straight out of the pages of George Orwell's Animal Farm. It shows that what we are dealing with here is a totalitarian mindset."
I don't think the term "George Orwell's Animal Farm" is used anymore. I think they replaced it with the term "Handbook for Eurocrats."
Mrs Malmstrom spoke out about the phrase "illegal immigrant" on Twitter yesterday. She praised the US news agency News Agency that Dare Not be Named, which dropped the phrase from its handbook on writing style for journalists.
"Illegal immigrant? Can't use that. Call it something else!"
"Yes, sir, chief!"
"And don't call me 'chief,' Olsen!"
"No, sir, chief!"
"And maybe we should do away with the word 'round.' After all, some things are ovals. Round implies some sort of symmetry, and people might think that's saying that 'round things' are perfect and 'oval things' aren't."
"Right, chief!"
"And the word 'thumb.' I think that should definitely go. Why distinguish a 'thumb' from any other finger? Even better, let's do away with the word 'toe' and refer to them all as 'digits.'"
"Yes, chief."
"And we should definitely do away with the word 'first.' Too non-inclusive."
In a message, she wrote: "The EU should follow. I've worked to eradicate the term 'illegal immigrant' from all commission docs. No human being is 'illegal', ever."
She's pretending the term describes the person exclusively of the act. In my miniature mind, if something is "illegal" it's against the law. An "immigrant," without an adjective, is presumed to be documented. The generic "people" is so generically dribbled that it applies to everyone, everywhere, the limit of inclusion being the anthropoid apes.

Vanilla never used to make me gag.

Posted by Fred 2013-04-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

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By curtailing frivolous and "fighting" words, the Party seeks to narrow the range of thought altogether, such that eventually, thoughtcrime will be literally impossible.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-04-07 06:16|| 2013-04-07 06:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Why should anyone obey law? Or only laws that provide an advantage to them? Rhetorical question but goes to the fundamentals of society. The real game is those pushing these lies are unable to 'democratically' alter the situation, so they seek to impose their will by other means.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-04-07 08:44|| 2013-04-07 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 "I've worked to eradicate the term 'illegal immigrant'"

Good idea. Also eliminate "undocumented immigrant." There's no such thing.

An immigrant is someone who LEGALLY (i.e., following the laws of the country to which they're immigrating) emigrated from the country where that person was born to the country where that person immigrated to. Therefore an "immigrant" cannot be "illegal" or "undocumented."

The accurate term you're looking for* is ILLEGAL ALIEN. And they're breaking the law in whatever language you choose.

*Yeah, yeah, I know - the clueless twit doesn't want to be accurate.

Posted by Barbara 2013-04-07 09:35|| 2013-04-07 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Irregular? Yikesthat doesnt sound very inclusive either. Hows about Unannounced Guests? That way Madam Commissioner they can sleep on your couch until they find a place of their own.

Posted by DepotGuy 2013-04-07 10:02|| 2013-04-07 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 The term should be "rent increaser's" as that's the goal for the rent-seeking classes.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-04-07 10:50|| 2013-04-07 10:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Jay Leno

Note the muffled applause.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-07 12:40|| 2013-04-07 12:40|| Front Page Top

#7 The people currently invading Australia at the rate of 2000 a month by boat are known to the government here as "Irregular Maritime Arrivals".
The Press Council, an industry body, has banned the use of the term "illegal immigrants" by the media.
So if you think Australia might be a refuge from PC nonsense, think again.

Posted by Aussie Mike 2013-04-07 16:29|| 2013-04-07 16:29|| Front Page Top

#8 ANNE COULTER was correct when she argued that no Republican + aligned Pol[Conservatives] may be elected POTUS evar! again.

Once the US is effec suborned under OWG + various Global Federal Unions + Interims circa 2015 or ASAP after, 2013 + 11-22.0Milyuhn illegals in Amerika will be seen as the proverbial "good ole days" when the number of illegals was LOW.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-04-07 22:28|| 2013-04-07 22:28|| Front Page Top

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