A perplexing dilemma

[China_cat]

censuring people for looting WalMart.

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1. censuring?

Who the hell is censuring wal mat looters? Who could possibly be in a position that they'd be worried about being censured because they looted a WalMart? Anyone of the few people who would have to be worried about censure, I'm sure are nowhere the destruction that they'd feel the need, now have the desire, to loot a WalMart.

I don't get it.

Unless you mean censored, but even so, it still doesn't make sense.

[China_cat]

2. Censuring

as in criticize, admonish, blame, castigate, condemn, disapprove, dress down, object, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproach, reproof.

Are your nerves so shot that a bit of levity is a flyby?

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3. Well, yeah, I suppose the word fits for that.

"Censure" should really be reserved for official use, though, IMO. The media can criticize a senator, but only the senate itself can censure the senator. We can criticize an industry leader, but only the industry can censure him. Etc.

But, I looked up the definition, and I see that it can also be used in non-official situations. Though personally, I wouldn't.

[China_cat]

4. I used it because of the whole host of connotations.

It seemed like a more inclusive word than any of the others.