VirusHead - Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus.

The trouble with philosophical abstraction is that it tries to create a space separated from the world.
The metaphor of the slippery slope, for example, has become almost literal. That’s why it is often effective. Who wants to slide down a slippery slope? What is unstated but operative is that this metaphor encourages the reader/hearer [...]

We still haven’t heard an answer to the basic question: for what “noble cause” have we invaded Iraq?
Are we in Iraq just to secure the oil for the energy companies that get so much support of every kind from the US government?
Not to be a party pooper or anything, but what about the [...]