I'm sorry, which violent metaphor are we talking about? Is it "draws fire"? Is it "chew toy"? Is it "point man"? Is it "piercing"? Is it the magnifying glass graphic that looks like cross-hairs with an erection? I hope Representative Ryan doesn't receive death threats or have his office vandalized as a result of this article. Seriously, our culture is so filled with military metaphors that you could play this game with almost every speech or news article.
The point, I believe, is that the NYT decries, on the one hand, use of military metaphors and then uses them, on the other. I would be shocked if PapaG has any problem with the use of military metaphors generally. Ed O.
Oh, not at all. I just found it funny that Paul Krugman's employer would use the same sort of rhetoric that he (along with the NYT editorial staff) decried just a few weeks ago, and blamed the "right-wing" for the acts of a madmen in the immediate aftermath of a massacre. 'Business as usual' was the primary point of this thread, and not a single lesson was gained from the "national debate" about these sort of rhetorical metaphors and their potential impact on us underlings.
Or any spectator sport. I only wish the Blazers had a run and gun offense so they could slaughter the Kings next time we meet for battle.
