I'm going to completely ignore the political rhetoric that seems to be driving this, and wonder aloud myself - is there another analogy to replace the slanderous misrepresentation of a jacuzzi-bound frog?
Working on it right now ... watch for updates!
Edit: There's a reasonably well-known poem by Martin Niemöller - "First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out for I was not a communist etc". Seems to convey the same concern regarding a creeping threat, though without the solid visual of a frog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...
Edit 2: Spent some time rolling through options - a car that needs regular servicing, because incremental wear and tear will stop it; a fish in a pond that begins drying up, not leaving until it's too late to escape; even comparisons to compound interest or the 'one cigarette won't kill me' school of thought.
Then I realised I'd been sucked in by the assertion that a comparison didn't exist - when one does.
It's the Turkey that doesn't have an appetite off switch - if you keep putting food in front of it, it will keep eating until it dies.
Seems a relevant analogy. Now whether its true is a subject to research.
Working on it right now ... watch for updates!
Edit: There's a reasonably well-known poem by Martin Niemöller - "First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out for I was not a communist etc". Seems to convey the same concern regarding a creeping threat, though without the solid visual of a frog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...
Edit 2: Spent some time rolling through options - a car that needs regular servicing, because incremental wear and tear will stop it; a fish in a pond that begins drying up, not leaving until it's too late to escape; even comparisons to compound interest or the 'one cigarette won't kill me' school of thought.
Then I realised I'd been sucked in by the assertion that a comparison didn't exist - when one does.
It's the Turkey that doesn't have an appetite off switch - if you keep putting food in front of it, it will keep eating until it dies.
Seems a relevant analogy. Now whether its true is a subject to research.