European Tribune - Comments - ***"To Defeat the Beast, Don't Feed the Beast"

***"To Defeat the Beast, Don't Feed the Beast" | 212 comments (212 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: "Don't Feed the Beast" (none / 1)

Another metaphor that has been floated in relation to terrorism is "to fight malaria it is not enough to kill mosquitos, you have to drain the swamp".

Metaphors are not neutral and I fault Fischer for painting the problem as a "beast".

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 05:10:05 AM EST
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Re: "Don't Feed the Beast" (none / 0)

I think he only used the word "beast" so that he could play with the words "defeat" and "feed"

He would probably agree with your mosquito-swarm metaphor.

Both you could read his piece in the NYT, linked to in the diary to see clarify his position.

by Joerg in Berlin ((joerg.wolf [AT] atlanticreview.org)) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 09:13:48 AM EST
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