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Can anyone tell me what the meaning of this article's title is? I have a reference to this article in my text, and I can't make too much of it. Thanks
http://www.cgfi.org/materials/key_pubs/NRDC_Challenge.pdf
http://www.cgfi.org/materials/key_pubs/NRDC_Challenge.pdf
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| 4 | cesspools of blame |
Yvette Neisser Moreno
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| 5 +1 | overwhelmed by blame |
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| 2 +2 | see explanation |
hirselina
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cesspools of blame
A cesspool is, literally, an outdoor/underground container for storing sewage. In this case, the article title is a play on words related to the article's subject: manure. So, it basically means "messy shitpiles of blame", or that blame is being thrown around messily or in disgusting ways. I hope that helps.
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Comment: "thank you, your answer was very clear. Now the problem will be finding an adequate translation into my language. :)"
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hirselina
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see explanation
The titel of the article is a a word play on the title of the original report "Cesspools of Shame". This title also contained a pun: the report was about pollution and revealed many problems (the "cesspool of shame)"
cesspool:
1. A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house.
2. A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place
http://www.bartleby.com/61/77/C0217700.html
The Natural Resources Defense Council recently published a new report, Cesspools of Shame, which claims that the nation’s confinement livestock and poultry farms are heavily polluting our streams. NRDC seems to recommend banning both confinement
livestock and poultry feeding and the spreading of manure on the nation’s crop fields.
cesspool:
1. A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house.
2. A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place
http://www.bartleby.com/61/77/C0217700.html
The Natural Resources Defense Council recently published a new report, Cesspools of Shame, which claims that the nation’s confinement livestock and poultry farms are heavily polluting our streams. NRDC seems to recommend banning both confinement
livestock and poultry feeding and the spreading of manure on the nation’s crop fields.
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Refugio
: This sounds like a typical political attack on a reputable organization recommending environmental responsibility which might (gasp!) come at some cost to big business.
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overwhelmed by blame
According to the article the NRDC is the one responsible for promoting laws that would ultimately destroy a huge portion of the wildlife habitat.
The title is therefore meaning that the NRDC should be overwhelmed by feelings of blame since the very laws they promoted cause the ecological mess desribed - see article
cesspool
NOUN:
A place known for its great filth or corruption: cesspit, pit1, sink.
or according to The Thesaurus
cess·pool ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sspl)
n.
A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house.
A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place
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Is it me or the NHRC is the wolf crying WOLF??
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Note added at 1 hr 55 mins (2005-12-16 18:49:58 GMT)
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There's a horrible "smell" of blame above the NHRC ...
If you want the Romanian equivalent: duhoarea vinovatiei ( mai plastic exprimata :)
The title is therefore meaning that the NRDC should be overwhelmed by feelings of blame since the very laws they promoted cause the ecological mess desribed - see article
cesspool
NOUN:
A place known for its great filth or corruption: cesspit, pit1, sink.
or according to The Thesaurus
cess·pool ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sspl)
n.
A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house.
A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place
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Is it me or the NHRC is the wolf crying WOLF??
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Note added at 1 hr 55 mins (2005-12-16 18:49:58 GMT)
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There's a horrible "smell" of blame above the NHRC ...
If you want the Romanian equivalent: duhoarea vinovatiei ( mai plastic exprimata :)
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