In a message dated 11/6/08 5:27:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'll do my best to avoid sports analogies. (I may still wonder > why politics might be acceptable and sports not.) > Analogies, metaphors, similes, and explicit comparisons can be marvelous, legitimate devices, not in proving things, but in elucidating the notion you're trying to convey. They can be harmful by being too bulky and thus distracting, and even by being more demandingly complex than the notion they're trying to clarify. By their very nature they have to be chosen carefully for their net value. They're never exactly what they are trying to elucidate, and it's important that none of the differences overwhelms the similarities. ************** AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)
