Lakoff & Maslowe are two of the classic thinkers on human symbolism and archetypes.
What the dems need to make clear is the FACT that we are not being guided by a stern father, but taken for a very bad hazing/reaming by a bunch of very mean frat jocks. Even the torture situation is deliberate. They trick liberals into shieking at the despicable behavior without simultaneously speaking to THEIR successes against terror. The Balkans and YES! Afghanistan. WHen it is couched as a choice between torturing assholes who will fiercely defend our children and woosy-wimpy liberals who will protect the rights of mass murderers, you can see how it becomes a trap. Somehow we must make it clear that feeding Al Jazeera with new material each night for a three hour rage against the Great Satan is a little less pragmatic than WHATEVER we have learned from torture. In fact, I was at first impresed with the cleverness of using Guantanamo for temporary triage and processing of questionables. It seemed pragmatic.,.. and now it is one more thing that will have to be outlawed, because the frat boys just have no sense of proportion or self-control or shame. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
