For real this time. Please don't send any more email to me about this. Karen Maria Knapp of From the Anchor Hold writes:
Sorry, Steve, but "crisis" is already taken by our extortionist problem; find something else.I must admit, I don't like "the Situation" either, the term or the thing.
And lastly - I mean it folks - a brief discourse on nomenclature from Michael Tinkler, the crankiest of professors.
'The Situation' bothers me because it's mealy-mouthed
- it sounds like a term used in press conferences. At
least we could say 'The Pedophilia Situation' or 'The
Unchaste-clergy Situation'.'Crisis' is dangerous because we think of Crises as
Passing away, and we don't want to levae them the
option of waiting it out.'The Babylonian Captivity' is a great name for a
'situation', but I'm not sure how early that name
comes out. I wonder what Catherine of Siena actually
called it - 'La Situazione'?
I'm with you, Michael, I just didn't think to call the expression mealy-mouthed.
