top | item 45766218 (no title) dummydummy1234 | 4 months ago Can a country commit a crime? discuss order hn newest marcosdumay|4 months ago No, it's the government that commits it.People use the country = government metaphor as a shortcut for communication, but this one takes it further than usual. blharr|4 months ago > country = government metaphorThis will probably never be particularly useful, but this figure of speech is a "synecdoche" (a "metonymy" instead of a "metaphor") load replies (1) largbae|4 months ago Extradition by tectonic subduction unknown|4 months ago [deleted]
marcosdumay|4 months ago No, it's the government that commits it.People use the country = government metaphor as a shortcut for communication, but this one takes it further than usual. blharr|4 months ago > country = government metaphorThis will probably never be particularly useful, but this figure of speech is a "synecdoche" (a "metonymy" instead of a "metaphor") load replies (1)
blharr|4 months ago > country = government metaphorThis will probably never be particularly useful, but this figure of speech is a "synecdoche" (a "metonymy" instead of a "metaphor") load replies (1)
marcosdumay|4 months ago
People use the country = government metaphor as a shortcut for communication, but this one takes it further than usual.
blharr|4 months ago
This will probably never be particularly useful, but this figure of speech is a "synecdoche" (a "metonymy" instead of a "metaphor")
largbae|4 months ago
unknown|4 months ago
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