Random Analogies

What: "A union member is like an indentured servant." This is a really weak analogy. The linked article describes how manditory union dues are a form of forced assocation, which is un democratic. The association is weak. Indentured servants are paying off debt to become free. Union members are forced to pay dues to be represented. There's a big difference, in principle.

Writer: Buzz Hargrove

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Date: Aug 2 2011 12:53 PM

What: "The Shipping News's" knots are like the way people related to each other. As mentioned in the Wiki article , Quoyle is a knot that lies on a ship's deck so that it can be walked on. But the book also presents a variety of other knots, that are symbolic of the way people can relate to each other. Maybe that's a theme of the book. You may be a Quolyle, but there are other knots available.

Writer: LucretaiGermanica

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Date: Nov 13 2011 1:37 PM

What: "A trapped emotion is like a ball of energy that vibrates at different frequencies. It has negative, destructive vibrations that can inflict pain or malfunctions of bodily tissues. Trapped emotions can also cause depressive feelings, anxiety and emotional problems often referred as emotional baggage."

Writer: A La Carte Wellness

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Date: Apr 22 2012 11:48 PM

What: "People had been putting down English movies forever, and Durgnat with his first-generation English was withering about these people, and saw the critics of English movies as being toadies to American imperialism. You gotta love him, but it's his sentences that are beyond me. I can read paragraph after paragraph and never get the gist of what he's saying, for each participle phrase is like a whippet in heat, and writhes like a live wire"

Writer: Kevin Killian

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Date: Oct 10 2013 4:17 PM