[quote name='OrangeCurtain'](not a metaphor...use correct terminology when you are calling out someone's intelligence)...so why not hit it at night to minimize civilian losses? Obviously the whole point of being a terrorist is to instill terror. Thus there was a need to inflict as high a body count as possible. The WTC was not purely a symbolic target. They hit it at rush hour when as many people as possible would be in and around the building.[/quote]
met·a·phor Audio pronunciation of "metaphor" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mt-fôr, -fr)
n.
1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or “All the world's a stage” (Shakespeare).
2. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol: “Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the craven” (Neal Gabler).
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If you want to compare intellects, I am all for it. This was a discussion without personal attack until you decided to wade into the deep water where I am guessing you don't belong.
In the interests of keeping the thread on-topic, this will be my last post. If you want to flame, PM me...don't hijack, though it looks like you support such tactics. The last thing I expected on a day designed to honor the dead is having to deal with terrorist apologists, and what appears to be some latent anti-Semitism. Sad.
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Again, your bait-and-switch tactics would not have earned you high marks in debate club. I was simply pointing out that your initial response to the argument that 9/11 was *not* provoked was a straw man argument, and one that I called you out on. Your followup was another strawman, which, if I read correctly, implies that I am a terrorist sympathizer and an anti-semite.
So, if I'm correct thus far, I have nothing to debate intellectually with you, since you're clearly leagues below me. I don't care how many historical anecdotes you can cite, I don't care how many bland aphorisms you can cite, you've proven yourself to be an incorrect prat thus far, so I don't see anything changing that. If you want to accuse me of being pro-terrorist, then you're putting up more and more straw men to cover the fact that you have nothing truly intellectual to stand on.