Thursday, September 23, 2010

Proper or insulting?

What do you think of the word choice in this lede?

Mayor Datoli wants to give the riffraff a one-way ticket out of East Lansing with an ordinance she'll introduce next Tuesday.

I fear it's unnecessarily inflammatory and deragatory, like if I'd use "old geezer" instead of "senior citizen" or "elderly person."

What do you think?

And is this too casual? Or just right?

Shacking up with your partner . . .

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