Use 'undocumented' and not 'illegal' (Letter to the Editor) PV Alert

Greeley Tribune (Greeley, Colorado) ^ | 2/8/2007 | Dr. Andres Quetzalcoatl Guerrero Jr

[ichabod1]

Culberson was calling them Unidentified Foreign Nationals last night. I liked that. UFN.

[Drawsing]

"Orwellian word games"...I like that phrase.

You will love Big Brother!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Just for the record, I don't believe the author ever uses the word "alien". He does use the word "immigrant" once.

The distinction between a "legal" and an "illegal" immigrant is a valid one.

[gc4nra]

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS:


A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberals and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

[PDR]

As Ed McMahon used to say, "You are correct sir!"

[ElectricStrawberry]

Ummmm....a simple lesson in language should suffice.

"legal"...from the Latin "legalis"....meaning "conforming to or permitted by law or established rules".

"il-"....from Anglo-French/Latin......prefix meaning "not".

"Il-legal"....."not conforming to or permitted by law or established rules".

Anything else is hijacking of the english language.

[weegee]

I suspect that Dr. Quetzalcoatl was not his birth name.

[Captainpaintball]

The word "illegal" is a degrading word whose entire intention is to dehumanize

Listen here, Dr. Andres Quetzalcoatl(WTF?)Guerrero Jr...
The word "undocumented" is a word whose entire intention is to legitimize the illegitimate. You legitimize a person in order to do the country some evil. To do this nation evil is behind the word "undocumented."

[dearolddad]

NO, I didn't do a search. But let me guess. A professor of chicano studies/

Perhaps the good Dr. should look up the word illegal in an english dictionary.

[DumpsterDiver]

Lake Superior State University 2007 List of Banished Words

#8 UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN

"If they haven't followed the law to get here, they are by definition 'illegal.' It's like saying a drug dealer is an 'undocumented pharmacist.'"

[Spok]

In typical leftie NewSpeak fashion, this moron never addresses the issue of whether or not 'illegal' is the right word. The truth, or in this case, accuracy, is irrelevant. Interestingly, I've never heard them criticize the random and incessant use of the label 'homophobic', which ignores the fact that one needn't necessarily fear something to find it objectionable. But being rational has never been the left's strong point.

[hosepipe]

Illegal alien is not as accurate as INSURGENT..

[weegee]

The word "illegal" is a degrading word whose entire intention is to dehumanize.

It isn't about "dehumanization", it is about a "moral judgment" of those who "do not follow society's laws". Break the law and you have committed an illegal act.

Now, you can question the appropriateness of a law, but encouraging a nation of immigrants to become scofflaws who have total disregard for "the law" is going to lead to a breakdown of society. And this has always been the anarchists' goal.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

He's probably just a big fan of "Dragon Tales".

[hophead]

"Our Constitution protects everyone living in our land whether they are documented or undocumented."

Not true.
Amendment XIV

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

[capt. norm]

I guess that means I win.

So that's what your replies are all about.

Grow up!

[conservativeharleyguy]

Yeah, and it's even worse than I first thought. I forgot that he's "junior", so we're supposed to believe that his grandparents were the ones to first cook up that name, and that his parents just passed it along.

That's OK, because first I have to dehumanize him before I ridicule him.

OK, done.

What a pretentious ass!!

P.S. Maybe I'll name my next kid after Zeus, or Odin, or Imohotep, or some other imaginary pagan god.

[DuncanWaring]

I wonder what the good doctor's attitude is toward "undocumented house guests".

[hophead]

"ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT is the correct term"

The actual term is "Illegal Alien".
1. a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization (distinguished from citizen).
2. a foreigner.
5. residing under a government or in a country other than that of one's birth without having or obtaining the status of citizenship there.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alien

[NathanR]

Let me show with an example, you overeducated fool: Undocumented is when you forget your driver's license. Illegal is when you don't have a driver's license at all. Understand?