Comments on: Assassins’ Gate, Black Gate, Whatever http://larison.org/2006/10/18/assassins-gate-black-gate-whatever/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Kitty http://larison.org/2006/10/18/assassins-gate-black-gate-whatever/#comment-4845 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:54:47 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/10/18/assassins-gate-black-gate-whatever/#comment-4845 Definitely Narnia is on the list. I'm tempted to leave the Space Trilogy and <i>The Great Divorce</i> off just so that some speech writer might actually read them, but I don't think my stomach could take hearing a politician torment analogies out of those books, so they have to stay. <i>The Once and Future King</i> too, although I don't think I can justify restricting all the Matter of Britain. They need to read that stuff anyway, even though I cherish no hope of any current politician actually understanding it. I do like the idea of Merlin attacking Homeland Security -- sometime I'll comment about my delightful experience being chosen for extra security at 4:30 a.m. when leaving for a ski trip, with husband, mother-in-law, and 6 and 3 year old sons. (All the best terrorists travel with their entire families.) Definitely Narnia is on the list. I’m tempted to leave the Space Trilogy and The Great Divorce off just so that some speech writer might actually read them, but I don’t think my stomach could take hearing a politician torment analogies out of those books, so they have to stay. The Once and Future King too, although I don’t think I can justify restricting all the Matter of Britain. They need to read that stuff anyway, even though I cherish no hope of any current politician actually understanding it.

I do like the idea of Merlin attacking Homeland Security — sometime I’ll comment about my delightful experience being chosen for extra security at 4:30 a.m. when leaving for a ski trip, with husband, mother-in-law, and 6 and 3 year old sons. (All the best terrorists travel with their entire families.)

]]> by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2006/10/18/assassins-gate-black-gate-whatever/#comment-4844 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:10:22 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/10/18/assassins-gate-black-gate-whatever/#comment-4844 God bless you. I am with you all the way. C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy and Chronicles of Narnia should also be off limits (although the prospect of Merlin coming back to wreak havoc to the Department of Homeland Security has a certain appeal). God bless you. I am with you all the way. C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy and Chronicles of Narnia should also be off limits (although the prospect of Merlin coming back to wreak havoc to the Department of Homeland Security has a certain appeal).

]]> by: Kitty http://larison.org/2006/10/18/assassins-gate-black-gate-whatever/#comment-4843 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:05:51 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/10/18/assassins-gate-black-gate-whatever/#comment-4843 Ugh. I am so going to start the Index of Prohibited Political Analogies from Works of Art and Entertainment, and <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> is going to be at the top of the list, followed by <i>Battlestar Gallactica</i>, <i>Star Wars</i> and <i>Star Trek</i>. In a year in which political analogies have been unusually lame, this is a particularly bad one, for the reasons you mention. He should stick to sports analogies. Ugh. I am so going to start the Index of Prohibited Political Analogies from Works of Art and Entertainment, and The Lord of the Rings is going to be at the top of the list, followed by Battlestar Gallactica, Star Wars and Star Trek.

In a year in which political analogies have been unusually lame, this is a particularly bad one, for the reasons you mention. He should stick to sports analogies.

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