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>wolf has been cried so many times I'm not sure this is the analogy you want to use. The wolf ended up eating the boy in the end of that story, didn't it?
by Loughla 7y ago
>wolf has been cried so many times
I'm not sure this is the analogy you want to use. The wolf ended up eating the boy in the end of that story, didn't it?
- SamBam 7y agoSo that's exactly the analogy they wanted to use. The point is that "national security threats" can be a serious danger, but if you claim something small is a "national security threat" too many times then it starts to lose its meaning and urgency.
- DataWorker 7y agoWhat if the threats are all very real but human nature is to grow fatigued by warnings and become ever more complacent even when the wolf is at the door?
- SamBam 7y agocf. climate change.