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The symbolism is important too. If the company is dedicated to reviving the canary, then that helps miners believe that the company also cares about their lives
by ClarityJones 4y ago
The symbolism is important too. If the company is dedicated to reviving the canary, then that helps miners believe that the company also cares about their lives and will work to rescue them in case of a disaster.
If they don't care about the death of the canary in the coal mine...
- bee_rider 4y agoHuh, so the physical canary in the coal mine is also a metaphorical “canary in the coal mine” with respect to the company’s level of prudence. Is there a word for something which is analogy for itself?
- MichaelZuo 4y agoA recursive analogy? Though a quick verbatim google search reveals no precedent in linguistics... so I may have just invented that one.
- bobkazamakis 4y agoor they don't use the word recursive to describe two meanings, rather than recursion.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoUnless I misread it, it seems to be the same meaning in both cases?
- hnuser123456 4y agoSo, a missing canarie can mean a lack of good air, or lack of employer caring about non-human (and to some extent human) health.