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Dead bloody animal flesh or ?"

Mon May 28, 2007 at 12:55:07 PM PDT

Framing an issue properly is the only way to make any sense of the world today.  So I make a habit of framing things, at least, in my mind, in a way that I can best understand.  For example like the one in the title. I am seeking some of the most obvious and egregious examples of this phenomena.  Can you folks help? Can you think of more?  Your favs?

update:  DISCLAIMER.  I intend not to disparge meat eaters with the title.  It is merely an example of how far apart meaning can be dependent upon the frame.

The whole idea of framing issues and thought in such a way as to influence popular cultural concepts and thought is described well here:memes what are they?  what the folks at this website say is that:

Memes are the basic building blocks of our minds and culture, in the same way that genes are the basic building blocks of biological life

 and also:

Memes are contagious ideas, all competing for a share of our mind in a kind of Darwinian selection. As memes evolve, they become better and better at distracting and diverting us from whatever we'd really like to be doing with our lives. They are a kind of Drug of the Mind. Confused? Blame it on memes.

Some of the best "memes" or frames I can remember:

1.)  A juicy steak = Dead bloody animal flesh

2.)  Fight them over there =  invade a sovereign nation for our benefit.
3.)  Pro-life laws = government enforced religious doctrine
4.)  Independent contractors = mercenary military forces
5.)  Surge = train terrorists to wreak havoc elsewhere

etc, etc, you get the idea.  Please help by putting your examples in the comments and I'll compile them and republish the list.

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