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3.19.2003
AlterNet: Metaphor and War, Again This essay by George Lakoff explores many of the metaphorical issues that are churning under the broil of war. I have included a quote from the article that I think is important in understanding the opposition that people have to Peace Activists. This idea of disciplining parents is apparent in the rhetoric of war. Combined with the ideas that Evil must be acted upon we see ourselves as parents that must act or face our own immorality for not acting in the face of evil. Peace activists are seen like parents that let their children scream and wail in the grocery stores. We all know what happens to children that aren't raised well. They treat their parents bad. In this case, they bomb us with nuclear weapons. read on... QUOTE: ""In the International Community, peopled by Nation-Persons, there are Nation-adults and Nation-children, with Maturity metaphorically understood as Industrialization. The children are the "developing" nations of the Third World, in the process of industrializing, who need to be taught how to develop properly and to be disciplined (say, by the International Monetary Fund) when they fail to follow instructions. "Backward" nations are those that are "underdeveloped." Iraq, despite being the cradle of civilization, is seen via this metaphor as a kind of defiant armed teenage hoodlum who refuses to abide by the rules and must be "taught a lesson."" | |
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