Fraters Libertas

Sometimes A Slope Is Just A Slope

Whether you believe that Bush's wiretapping order was legal and necessary to fight terrorism or that it was illegal and the latest jack-booted step on our way to Amerika, I think there's something that we can all agree on: the use of the term "slippery slope" has gotten completely out of hand. The overuse of the phrase has pretty much stripped it of any real meaning that it once had.

The problem is that just about anything can be described as a "slippery slope" if you stretch the definition enough. Parties of all political persuasions are guilty of pulling out this tired cliché on just about any issue that comes up. Enough is enough.

I hereby declare a moratorium on the use of the phrase in political ALL settings until further notice. This will no doubt have about as much impact as my previously declared moratorium on jokes about the French loving Jerry Lewis or Governor Pawlenty's skating ban, but I feel that that the time has come to make take a stand, however futile it may be.