Yes, But Is Her World Flat?

My favorite reaction to Sweet Judy's Blues comes from none other than Thomas L. Metaphorman:

Kurtz asked New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman why Miller seemed to draw such attention, pro and con. He replied: "You know, Judy has always been a pioneer and an agent of change, you know. And has been at the forefront of a lot of stories, and people like that in our business engender a lot of attention, a lot of criticism and a lot of jealousy. And that's the only way I can really explain it."

Thanks to Steve Smith for the pointer.

My expressed jealousy of Friedman here.

Comments

[Mgmax]

And then it struck me-- Judith Miller is a metaphor! Ragdish Bhagaravatananaja, director of globalizattion for Spumeco, was saying that Judith Miller herself was a metaphor! And at that moment I realized that everything in my suitcase-- my cell phone charger, my razor, even the towel from the hotel-- was a metaphor for Judith Miller!

You too can write like Thomas Friedman...

[Tom Crick]

He replied: "You know, Judy has always been a pioneer..."

In the politically correct world we live in, I'm sure it takes a lot of courage for her to walk around in a coonskin cap.

[NoStar]

It ain't the world that's flat, it's Friedman's metaphors.

[Evan]

I propose a moratorium on these completely-devoid-of-interest Judith Miller posts. Ack!

[Ron Hardin]

``and people like that in our business engender a lot of attention, a lot of criticism and a lot of jealousy.''

Engender is the wrong word. It's in the back of his mind. Engender discrimination!

[Ruthless]

If everything is a metaphor, then nothing is a metaphor, and we're all stuck on a plateau. In other words, the world is flat.