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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Whenever there is an outbreak of the bird flu in wild birds, policymakers sometimes enforce culls of domestic birds to prevent the spread of disease into the human food supply. The verb “to cull” means “to identify and remove the culls from,” (and the noun “cull” means “something rejected as being inferior or worthless.”) So, apparently, “inferior” birds are “removed” ...This largely understates the practice of decisively killing potentially infected birds—as policymakers are prone to disguise their more controversial policies with euphemistic words. Ironically, the euphemism “cull” is easily mistaken for the more controversial “kill,” and the practice becomes apparent to the public at large the minute the eggcorn emerges!
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THE BIRD FLU BLOG: Bird CullsThat the Indonesian government has now brought in the army to help with the mass bird culls signals the enormity of the problems facing Indonesia in its …
birdflublog.blogspot.com/search/label/Bird%20Culls – 60k – Cached – Similar pages
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AVIAN INFLUENZA – DEATH TOLL: 50 MILLION AND RISING Mass bird kills are ongoing in China (including Taiwan), Indonesia, Thailand, ... “Avian Flu Virus Continues to Spread in Asia: Countries Seeking FAO’s …
www.upc-online.org/health/21304flu.htm – 47k – Cached – Similar pages
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