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sonik0909's avatar

It's just... NOT a normal figure of speech. I'm not one of those who thinks we need to ban all idioms involving violence. You can talk about "killing two birds with one stone." You can talk about "knocking your opponent out of the ring." When someone has been well and truly owned, you may say: "I'd like to report a murder."

But... slitting throats? Who says that? Who thinks that? What kind of weirdo are you if THOSE are the words that coming to mind over... trimming federal payrolls?

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Edward Simpson's avatar

Great point. There are many ways of stating a metaphor about cutting the size of the bureaucracy but slitting throats has to be one of the most bizarre. And sick.

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