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Robert Someone I know describes them as 'the shock troops of global capitalism' which is yet another way of looking at it. I think you can look hard at the word 'shock' there. On 14 August 2015 at 18:14, Hampson, R <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, Jeffrey. > > > I note that the BBC News consistently describes the people now being held > in a football stadium in Kos as 'migrants' as well. The BBC Charter is up > for renewal, I suppose. > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: British & Irish poets [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Jeffrey Side > Sent: 14 August 2015 16:29 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Poetry On Trial: 2. “Poetry and Tribalism” by Jon Stone > > Good point, Robert. It's seldom mentioned. > > > "[...] the difference, say, between calling the people at Calais (or on > the Greek islands) ‘migrants’ and calling them ‘refugees’ … I think this > is inevitably political, but, on its own, it is not going to effect > political change." > -- David Joseph Bircumshaw Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw Tumblr: http://zantikus.tumblr.com/ twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com