Re:In other news (Score 1)

Why is this modded +5 insightful? Using metaphor and analogy is intellectual deceit because you get to do something cheap like associate the creepiness and violation of someone staring at you while you sleep without having to prove that is equivalent. Simply put it provides almost unlimited opportunity to phrase the story in a way that is sympathetic to whatever your point of view is. For example, I could come up with an equivalent story which is equally untrue Mr. Johnson, a curious individual who liked to explore was wandering about in a large campus building. While walking down a corridor he found a door. True to his nature, he tried the handle and found that it was unlocked. Poking his head inside the door he saw quickly that it contained many filing cabinents labelled "confidential student information". Mr Johnson was surprised and concerned that such a place was not properly protected, and returning to his room wrote up a report detailing the location of the room, what it contained, and the fact that anyone could quite easily walk in and gain access to what appeared to be sensitive information. Mr Smith, the man in charge of the building, was deeply embarrassed & promptly had Mr Johnson arrested for tresspass. My point is that you need to be analyzing what actually happened, not trying to copy everything into the same set of terms that you can understand.