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To: worst-case scenario
“Contemptible parody” might be more accurate.

How about 'defilement'.

defile:

1. to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase. 2. to violate the chastity of. 3. to make impure for ceremonial use; desecrate. 4. to sully, as a person's reputation

But to defile is also to desecrate is it not?

57 posted on 06/25/2009 7:57:24 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

Degrade, besmirch, pollute, contaminate, even debase. All synonyms that are appropriate.

But I would leave the terms used technically for religious artifacts and places< such as “desecration”, out of this issue. A image of the Virgin Mary and Infant can be desecrated. Sarah and Trig - not so much so. Unless a person is attempting to draw a parallel, which some may consider sacrilegious.


61 posted on 06/25/2009 8:53:11 AM PDT by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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