Ahab the Moderate
Pultizer-winning author Junot Díaz in a well-timed Newsweek interview weighs in on Bush, immigration hysteria, and Moby Dick:
You know, I love that image from “Moby Dick,” because we’re like the ship. We’re the Pequod. We’re this nation on this ship, and we’re on this insane quest being directed by a madman. But what’s really interesting is that Captain Ahab wasn’t taking his foreign workers and making them walk the plank. He understood the value of diversity through his dream. We’re even crazier than Ahab. We’re chasing this white whale called terrorism, but our captain is saying, “You know what, I don’t think some of us really belong here. They should walk the plank.” I never thought there would be a day where the United States would be crazier than its metaphor, the Pequod. But we’re there. We’re there. Ahab is now a moderate.
April 8, 2008 12:39 pm 2 Comments
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By Dr J, April 9, 2008 @ 11:23 am
As much as I like this metaphor, and as willing as I am to blame anything that goes wrong on W, this doesn’t (ahem) hold water. As wrong as W is on so many other issues, his immigration policies and priorities are in pretty good order.
By Tim, April 9, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
I’ll cop to be largely ignorant of W’s personal immigration stance, but I am reluctant to give him the benefit of the doubt.