European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page in the stars and stripes monday december 21,1957 columns today s crossword some Appal easier than others by William Safe re it is nothing Short of appalling declared demo cratic presidential candidate Albert Gore or. On Abc s double six pack debate that five of the six Republican candidates have expressed reservations or out right opposition la the treaty " i was appalled Tom said Republican candidate George Bush to Moderator Tom Brokaw a few moments later at the democrats answer absolutely appalled at their concept that everything is toward the end of the same broadcast inc vice president responded to a charge that the Reagan administration had not done enough to combat aids i was appalled again at the democrats. We re spending $ i billion of Federal Money on aids research. After he said that the democrats response made him want to switch Over to another network to watch Jake and the fat Man which Drew a laugh Gore issued a Stern statement i was appalled at the Irsai Manl of Al is As a we evidently have two men aspiring to the ova office who have a unique capacity to be appalled or who have an uncommon Affinity for this past parti Ciple. The term often accompanied by a smacking of the Palm on the forehead and an expression of pained disbelief or feigned outrage is in Vogue in the poli tics of Shock and horror and Calls for examination. Rooted in inc latin Pallert to be Pale Appal retains its kinship to Pale. It refers to the state of Shock in which blood drains from the face and still has a meaning of stunned and unable to act because of disgust or Shakespeare was the first user of the past participle form and was a frequent user in other tenses he horrified Macbeth seeing the ghost of ban quo describes inc event As one that might Appal the Hamlet comparing himself to a passionate odor says. He would drown the stage with tears and Cleave the general Cor with horrid speech make mad the guilty and Appal the in a double play on the present participle senses of whitening and surprising the poet . Auden wrote into Many a Green Valley drifts the appalling the literal meaning of inc word is unmistakable stimulating an emotion that turns the face Pale but the question follows what emotion not anger if hat were the feeling the speaker would talk of being infuriated outraged or angered or would sputter that makes me sore or la riles me not disgust a Strong stomach turning emotion few re Marks by an opponent arc so repugnant As to cause a speaker to raise the possibility of retching in Public View. The Kingfish in he radio series Amos v coined the term re gusted an excellent euphemism and not fright can you imagine a red blooded politician admitting "1 am frightened by or i am fearful of or even i shrink in horror from the people who use appalled today do not intend id display real fear which would be impolitic if not impish. Same with unnerved and a fright rooted adjective aghast is used these Days Only by Joseph Alsop. To denounce a proposal As scary is different when someone or that person s theory is called scan degree of weird Ness or irrationality is imputed to the scarce and suggests no fear in the a Kooky Soiree nor does the person claiming to be appalled mean confused confounded perplexed puzzled bewildered or otherwise nol on top of inc Job of understanding everything profoundly. Although amazed surprised and astonished arc in the Ballpark none of those emotions carry the necessary alarm and disapproval nor do they cause inc speaker logo Pale. What then docs inc word mean in current usage one meaning of appalled is struck dumb or dumb however because dumb in the sense of stupid is a slur on the speech impaired it is rarely used in politics except in that s a dumb idea Pierre when directed at an idea and not a person. No politician would say i am dumbfounded be cause that would associate him with dumbness Sug Gesting his followers May be dummies in the same Way i am floored suggests a loser and i am speech less obviates the Opportunity of provide a 60-Sccond sound bite by making a Short speech expressing Why one has been rendered inarticulate. The meaning intended i think is dismayed which once meant deprived of courage by sudden fear or confusion but has come to mean struck by a Pierc ing feeling of disappointment that carries an overlay of alarm and Good word widely under stood and most important not Hority Stoity. Thai s the trouble with appalled. It s not a word that Ordinary people use there s a Highfalutin Cli isl Conno tation to the word that engenders a suspicion Hal maybe inc person claiming to be appalled is perhaps affecting a pose of Shock. When an old Appal bearer like Alexander m. Haig or. Leans Forward and says with great sincerity i m appalled somehow do not get the impression he has really been driven to abandon his Resolution by fear and revulsion. There s another past participle to express disapproving Surprise shocked. One trouble with it however is its most famous use in a movie when Claude Rains in Casablanca tells Humphrey Bogart that he is shocked shocked la find that gambling is going on in Here in the screenplay by Julius j. Epstein Philip a Epstein and Howard Koch based on the play everybody comes to Ricks by Murray Burnett and Joan Al Ionthe word is used ironically the charmingly corrupt French official who wins in the gambling there cannot be shocked at that or anything else. I m shocked is borderline effeminacy As in i m hurl politicians Bolh male and female Are rightly leery of in. 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