On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Sandwichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think this is best expressed in terms of the > metaphor itself. Bailout is, of course, a metaphor that refers to > trying to keep a boat afloat by emptying the water it is filling with. > The metaphor emplies a certain localization of the problem. It is one > boat with a leak that is presumably containable. But this metaphor > does stretch to whole system. Then you're talking about bailing out > the sea. There is no effective "out" to bail to. > Is that the right metaphor? I thought the phrase bail-out refers to posting bail to get someone out of jail. -raghu. -- "As a matter of fact, no, I don't have a life."
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