Stupid Laws

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Actually, society gets to make that decision.

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I am confused as to how it is possible for 'society' to make a decision. Please enlighten me.

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By metonymy.

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I'd say metaphor rather than metonymy. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I thought perhaps personification? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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It is quite a stretch of imagination to think a group of people can make "a decision". [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] The neurons in my brain have a pretty hard time, too, but they manage. Most of the time. LOL.