> I suggest that the term 'social cleansing' should be used or such policies. It
> puts the issue where it belongs: in social philosophy and ethics. The
> displacement of a social class should receive the same moral analysis, as the
> displacement of an ethnic group.
Absolutely. The spatial displacement of an exploited class is
perhaps even a more serious matter, morally and otherwise, than
that of an ethnic group. If an ethnic _group_ which is an
exploitative _class_ is displaced, maybe it's ok. (Of course, I don't
its members to get killed!).
Raju
Raju J Das
Department of Geography
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
United Kingdom
Phone 01382 348073 work
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