Has anyone else heard CNN calling the dead "non-survivors"...?

[dolo amber]

I've heard this about 3 times this afternoon...:wtf:

Why not just go all the way and call them the 'terminally inconvenienced' or something... :eyes:

[DS1]

1. Shit, I'm surprised they haven't tapped into the 'black rage' angle

and called them aggresively motionless :eyes:

[freemen2005]

2. pc term for dead

as requested by bush & co, makes the incredible body count more easy to swallow

[Seen the light]

3. Non-survivors?

What the hell?

[malaise]

4. Yep, heard it a short while ago

no surprise. I'll email them and say don't try that shit with the existing rage. Why don't US citizens get black flags and fly them on their cars.

What I didn't see or hear was Fuck You Cheney and I need a link.

[klook]

5. Refuseniks

They refuse to live.

[tk2kewl]

6. or the "metabolically interrupted"

[Kenroy]

7. The "vitally challenged"?

The breathing-impaired? the sub-aquatic remainders?

[Gruenemann]

8. Gee, I'm glad to know they aren't dead.

The Great God Bush can bring them back from the dead! Praise him!

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I'm Surprised They Didn't Call Them "Ex-Residents" Of New Orleans

Um, CNN. These people are DEAD!
The Professor

[maveric]

10. Reminds me of George Carlin's bit on the softening of language

in this country. Euphemisms to soften the blow for frail american minds.

[whistle]

11. What is the body count of the dead so far.....

[Seen the light]

23. There is no official body count for all the states yet

Only official thing I think was the 250+ bodies found in Mississippi. Of course, there were the 100 dead in a warehouse and the 30 dead nursing home patients who had been abandoned etc.

[kansasblue]

12. "former air breathers"

[Halliburton]

13. fax from rove's office

to his buddy John King, who then relayed it to his colleagues.

[LifeDuringWartime]

14. that's pretty disrespectful

of course they're "non-survivors", they're DEAD. who came up with this?

[BringEmOn]

15. What they really mean: Non-Voters

[MisterP]

16. "differently living" in Discworld

[kittenpants]

17. then that makes the CNN correspondents are the 'undead'

it makes so much sense now

[imperialismispasse]

18. .

A customer enters a pet shop.

Mr. Praline: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.

(The owner does not respond.)

Mr. Praline: 'Ello, Miss?

Owner: What do you mean "miss"?

Mr. Praline: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!

Owner: We're closin' for lunch.

Mr. Praline: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.

Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?

Mr. Praline: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!

Owner: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.

Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.

Owner: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

Mr. Praline: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

Owner: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!

Mr. Praline: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you
show...

(owner hits the cage)

Owner: There, he moved!

Mr. Praline: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!

Owner: I never!!

Mr. Praline: Yes, you did!

Owner: I never, never did anything...

Mr. Praline: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call!

(Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)

Mr. Praline: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.

Owner: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!

Mr. Praline: STUNNED?!?

Owner: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.

Mr. Praline: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour
ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.

Owner: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.

Mr. Praline: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?

Owner: The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!

Mr. Praline: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the
first place was that it had been NAILED there.

(pause)

Owner: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and
VOOM! Feeweeweewee!

Mr. Praline: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!

Owner: No no! 'E's pining!

Mr. Praline: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e
rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the
bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

(pause)

Owner: Well, I'd better replace it, then. (he takes a quick peek behind the counter) Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh,
we're right out of parrots.

Mr. Praline: I see. I see, I get the picture.

Owner: I got a slug.

(pause)

Mr. Praline: Pray, does it talk?

Owner: Nnnnot really.

Mr. Praline: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?

Owner: N-no, I guess not. (gets ashamed, looks at his feet)

Mr. Praline: Well.

(pause)

Owner: (quietly) D'you.... d'you want to come back to my place?

Mr. Praline: (looks around) Yeah, all right, sure.

[CascadeTide]

19. more accurate would be "remains with a lack of life"

Kind of like there is no such thing as "cold" there is only "lack of heat". I think it works the same way, there is no such thing as "death" but only a "lack of life".

[Redstone]

20. Or haw about "Life-challenged?"

Redstone

[Left Is Write]

21. "Non-survivors"? What kind of crap is that?

Is it some kind of attempt to whitewash the fact that people DIED?

[never_get_over_it]

22. Let's send them an e-mail

and asked if that is the term Karly Rove gave them - JESUS I HATE THESE PEOPLE

[elehhhhna]

24. "Collateral Damage"

[swimmernsecretsea]

25. Oh f**k. That is just not funny, CNN. nt

Those were people's lives that got lost. Don't do the "troops" instead of "soldiers." These people weren't in Iraq. They are lives. They are families. They are mothers, children, fathers, brothers, sisters--someone's child, someone's beloved pet, someone. Not stats. Don't you fucking do this, CNN.