buckeye8 - Slashdot User

Comment Refugees?! (Score 1) 150

by buckeye8 on Monday April 30, 2007 @04:52PM (#18932967) Attached to: How Will Governments Keep Up With Technology?

Why do people keep referring to the residents of New Orleans "Refugees"? These people lost their home because of a combination natural disaster and engineering mishaps. They were NOT escaping political persecution or political oppression.

Please get this right. They are Americans in need of disaster response assistance, NOT refuge.

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