Of course it makes sense, it works great as an analogy. Here, I'll hold your hand thru this one since you are having issues:
Rats fleeing a sinking ship is similar to squatters fleeing a neighborhood without abandoned housing..... I'm only about the squatters. If any homeowners are feeling threatened by gentrification, well, ok. I hope they are not defacing someones private property. And I was anointed once, by a priest. -andy On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Brian Siano <briansi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To liken them to rats on a sinking ship reflects the anointed (you didn't > think I dropped this adjective from my thesaurus, did you?) attitude that > justifies and reinforces their fears. > > What bothers me is that the "rats on a sinking ship" bit just _doesn't > make sense_. Don't they teach people how to use analogies, similes and > metaphors any more? > > > > >
