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***"To Defeat the Beast, Don't Feed the Beast" | 212 comments (212 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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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 Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 05:10:05 AM EST
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