Metaphors that kill

Abstract

In  this  paper  we  will  speak  about  how  metaphors  are  used

to   justify   wars.   Metaphors   structure   our   thought,   as   Lakoff

and   Johnson   proposed   in   their   cognitive   theory   of

metaphor.   We   will   see   the   Lakoff'ʹs   ideas   about   how

metaphors   were   used   to   justify   Irak   war   in   the   90s   and   we

will   try  to  apply  these  ideas  to  the  justification  of  Irak  war  in

the  2000s.  We  will  try  to  figure  out  what  kind  of  information

is   hidden   by   these   metaphors   and   what   kind   of   ideas   are

suggested  by  these  concrete  metaphors.