. 12:27 Mar 3, 2011
It may not be wrong per se, but this type of asylum was far removed from today's concept of 'asylum', i.e. a place of refuge or shelter. The word 'asylum' has so many negative connotations nowadays that it is never used in this context today - it is usually used in combination with 'lunatic' and means 'blázinec'. You can use 'Asylum-seeker', but that is something different and they will be housed in emergency accommodation or an Immigration removal centre, never an asylum (although many tabloid newspapers would like it that way :) ) |