Comments on: ‘Garbage Pail Kids’ – life for Cambodian refugees in Tra Vinh http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/ A veteran, his daughter, their journey Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:00:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Return to Vietnam » Blog Archive » The cycle of life: peace, war, peace, war, peace… http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Return to Vietnam » Blog Archive » The cycle of life: peace, war, peace, war, peace… Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:15:08 +0000 http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/#comment-92 [...] for ourselves, courtesy of Bao Anh, Vietnam veteran Bernie Duff’s girlfriend and partner in humanitarian work. Hurtling through the crowds, ankle to ankle with other riders, dodging the random pedestrians, [...] [...] for ourselves, courtesy of Bao Anh, Vietnam veteran Bernie Duff’s girlfriend and partner in humanitarian work. Hurtling through the crowds, ankle to ankle with other riders, dodging the random pedestrians, [...]

]]> By: Return to Vietnam » Blog Archive » Vietnamese, Cambodian kids show Rockland spirit http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Return to Vietnam » Blog Archive » Vietnamese, Cambodian kids show Rockland spirit Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:27:25 +0000 http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/#comment-61 [...] course, the kids we met don’t realize what they’re wearing; they were just happy to have some new clothes. But, [...] [...] course, the kids we met don’t realize what they’re wearing; they were just happy to have some new clothes. But, [...]

]]> By: Nicole Neroulias http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Nicole Neroulias Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:20:26 +0000 http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/#comment-58 That's the term Bernie Duff coined for them, and I was quoting him. The children actually do live on top of mountains of trash and search through it all day long ... seems to me that sanitizing the term for publication would be doing them a disservice, if the goal here is to convey what their lives are really like. Also, I didn't find "Garbage Pail Kids" to be pejorative - it's descriptive, while playing on the popular collecting-card fad from the 1980s with the same name. Is there an alternative term you would prefer? (Somehow, I don't think "Sanitation Engineer Kids" would serve the same purpose...) That’s the term Bernie Duff coined for them, and I was quoting him. The children actually do live on top of mountains of trash and search through it all day long … seems to me that sanitizing the term for publication would be doing them a disservice, if the goal here is to convey what their lives are really like. Also, I didn’t find “Garbage Pail Kids” to be pejorative – it’s descriptive, while playing on the popular collecting-card fad from the 1980s with the same name.

Is there an alternative term you would prefer? (Somehow, I don’t think “Sanitation Engineer Kids” would serve the same purpose…)

]]> By: Anon http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Anon Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:23:08 +0000 http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/garbage-pail-kids-life-for-cambodian-refugees-in-tra-vinh/#comment-57 Is it really necessary to perpetuate the insulting "Garbage Pail Kids" label? Seems tasteless to do so. Terminology like this belongs to the province of tabloid journalism. Is it really necessary to perpetuate the insulting “Garbage Pail Kids” label? Seems tasteless to do so. Terminology like this belongs to the province of tabloid journalism.

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