18608: White: Re: 18592: Sylvain: RE: 18584: HAC *** URGENT ACTION TODAY *** Zap the U.S. State Department *** (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Randall White <raw@haitiaction.org>

Mr. Sylvain,

I don't think so...


coup d'éˇtat    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (k d-tä)
n. pl. coups d'état (k) or coup d'états (d-täz)

The sudden overthrow of a government by a usually
small group of persons in or previously in
positions of authority.

[French  : coup, blow, stroke + de, of + état, state.]

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coup    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (k-p)
n.

1.	A closed four-wheel carriage with two seats inside and one outside.
2.	also coupe (kp) A closed two-door automobile.

[French, from past participle of couper, to cut, from coup, blow. See coup.]

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I'm pretty sure they took him away in a four door...     =8^}

RAW



From: patrick sylvain <sylvaipa@hotmail.com>


I would strongly urge Mr. Randall White to look up the definition of Coup.
Unless the universally accepted meaning of Coup D'Etat has radically been
altered by Political Scientists and various academies, then I would suggest
sticking with the appropriate term: Armed rebellion or armed revolt. Indeed, in
1991 Aristide expereinced a Coup.