At 07:27 AM 4/28/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: >On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:25:51 -0400, JDG wrote > >> On the other hand, seriously considering the opinion of another is >> typically an adult-to-adult relationship. It would be rather nonsensical >> to use a child/permission slip metaphor to argue against an adult-to- >> adult dynamic of seriously considering the opinions of others. > >And you're saying this in *defense* of Bush and Cheney? You've just said that >the metaphor is nonsensical in relationship to the United States and the >United Nations. Bush and Cheney used it to describe that relationship! > >So, which is it? Using the metaphor in this context is nonsensical or not?
No, Nick, the metaphor is not nonsensical in relationship to the US and the UN - and I never said that it was. I am personally flabbergasted that you cannot yet connect the dots, but let me try again. The Bush Administration has never had a problem with seriously considering the opinions of other nations before acting. As such, the Bush Administration has never used a metaphor to make seriously considering the opinions of other nations appear repulsive, as Dave Land suggested. The Bush Administration does have a problem, however, with the widespread idea that the US should only engage in certain actions with the approval of the United Nations. In particularly, the Bush Administration has strongly disagreed with those people who suggested that a specific reauthorization from the United Nations should have been a necessary prerequisite for the US to have attacked Iraq in Gulf War II. The Bush Administration used the child/permission slip analogy to make this *latter* viewpoint, that the US must gain the *permission* of the UN Security Council before activing, appear repulsive and appear to be reducing our great nation to childishness. On the other hand, it would be nonsensical to use that metaphor for seriously considering the opinion of other nations. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
