Posted by Mary_Bowers on October 21, 2004, at 12:21:55
In reply to Re: to Toph!!!, posted by coral on October 21, 2004, at 7:37:07
> I appreciate your interpretation but, no, it was not in response to your metaphor. I truly appreciate your posts, point of view, you!!!
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> Remember the story of the little boy who cried wolf???
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> Coral
Since this thread is relying heavily on metaphor, it might be instructive for me ask if my sense of what the metaphors mean is innacurate. Coral seems to be saying the "boy" should be held accountable if he cries "wolf". That is exactly how I interpreted the post after first reading it. Coral seemed to confirm at http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20041012/msgs/405392.html that Toph's interpretation erred. The "boy" to which coral referred in this context seems to be a person who suggested legal venues where people can find releif from maltreatment at the hands of medical practitioners. The "wolf", real or imagined, would seem in the context of the metaphor to be a medical practitioner. It might be reasonable to conclude the wolf the boy saw was a very gnarly wolf-looking dog - maybe a hybrid that is somebody's pet but whom the boy observed harassing sheep. While most replies have suggested there is no wolf, others have corresponded with me and have posted here to the effect that the metaphorical dog in question has indeed been observed harrassing metaphorical sheep. And the purpose of this page is to discuss the administration of the site, which can include references to animal control authorities, to local leash laws, and to civil protections for people who are harmed by a neighbors dog.I'm not sure metaphors such as "wolf" "boy" "terrorist" or "kamikazee" are effective tools for discussing the subject at hand, but they are not my constructs and it seems appropriate to respond to the constructs used that seem to be referring to the subjects I introduced.
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