tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24839090.post386769637879960305..comments2023-09-03T04:09:47.820-04:00Comments on Tracing My Way From Birth: Destructive MetaphorsNancy Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992975981879032574noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24839090.post-55801299783003805672007-10-22T11:56:00.000-04:002007-10-22T11:56:00.000-04:00It's so cliche, as well.Medical advances often com...It's so cliche, as well.<BR/><BR/>Medical advances often come through war, and many doctors get their training through the military.<BR/><BR/>Making an illness akin to battle injury gives a cachet of heroism to a miserable death.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you, but I can't come up with better, since simply saying a family member "died of cancer" is too blunt for most people.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24839090.post-65413719597638693312007-10-16T20:45:00.000-04:002007-10-16T20:45:00.000-04:00The "team" thing is of course a sports metaphor, w...The "team" thing is of course a sports metaphor, which is much nicer than war, though sports metaphors often morph into war metaphors via the idea of winning.Joseph Duemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650314132179290321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24839090.post-31097245448454082782007-10-12T08:23:00.000-04:002007-10-12T08:23:00.000-04:00Amen, NR.Amen, NR.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052081819882002321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24839090.post-80893368461955527112007-10-11T20:31:00.000-04:002007-10-11T20:31:00.000-04:00Interesting thoughts, Nancy, which I agree with. S...Interesting thoughts, Nancy, which I agree with. Sometimes so much of what we do and how we behave are based on received words and phrases that we no longer think about.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.com