Don’t get “Domed”
Posted by Shannon Love on October 12th, 2005 (All posts by Shannon Love)
From “Wading Toward Home” by Michael Lewis, a New Orleans native.
New Orleans now had a new word for what happens to people unlucky enough to fall into the hands of the authorities purporting to save them: domed. As in “I just got domed,” or “If the police knock on your door, don’t answer, ’cause you might get domed.” To be domed is to be herded into a domed sports building – the Superdome, the Astrodome, the Maravich basketball arena at Louisiana State University – for your own safety.
Perhaps we should spread this concept around. A person can get Domed in a lot of ways. For example, the government could try to save you from ruining your life with drugs by sending you to prison for a few years, or they can Dome you financially by taxing you at 15% all your working life to pay for a minimalist retirement that might never materialize.
Take care of yourself. Don’t get Domed.
October 12th, 2005 at 10:08 am
I’m getting ‘domed’ the old-fashioned way: Losing my hair. :(
October 12th, 2005 at 10:55 am
A concentration camp by any other name is still a concentration camp.
October 13th, 2005 at 3:41 pm
We are all getting “Domed” by Social Security.