>And being insensitive to the needs of those different from us is a core part of being human. But there are better and worse ways to be human, and better and wo

>And being insensitive to the needs of those different from us is a core part of being human. But there are better and worse ways to be human, and better and worse ways to make metaphors. This is a really good point, and I agree. There are many ways to use language "correctly" and still end up being unclear. I am in favor of clarity of meaning. Irony/metaphor plays with that but good communicators can use them to have more fun an enhance a message. I really like your perspective though. I need to fold that in to how I think about this stuff.