I'm, again, outraged. I think the Words of the Day that get me worked up the most are those in relation to messages of people being treated like they're not people. Today the newspapers are reporting about victims of 'the' tsunami (you guessed it, 'tsunamislachtoffers') who are being denied help by India's authorities, and who aren't even counted in the body count. Why ? Because these poor folks are not part of a caste. That's right - the religious elite caste-system of India apparently goes THAT far, to deny even the most common compassion to people who are not in the 'in' crowd - yay for religion ! Isn't it wonderful ? Doesn't it just enrich the human experience ? I for one am now completely convinced of the value of religion, aren't you ?
So here goes.. the word of the day, since the journalists deemed it necessary to use one word to label these people without castes: 'kastelozen'.
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