Recently, Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu called the Zimbabwean President, Rob Mugabe, a "Frankenstein." This led thez0rk and Wester to contemplate Tutu's analogy.
Wester said, "I think Tutu doesn't fully appreciate the metaphor. Frankenstein (his monster, that is) was 'evil' not so much because he was inherently that way, so much as he found only malice and disgust from his fellow man. Who among us wouldn't turn darkside after such treatment? I don't think Mugabe went bad because the people of Zimbabwe abused him."
thez0rk responded, "Tutu has probably never READ Frankenstein. That's my guess."
Wester added, "Mugabe is more like Dracula. You invite him into your home (or elect him to office), and he takes advantage of the situation by bleeding you dry, killing your family, and misappropriating public funds."
thez0rk said, "Dracula's closer than Frankenstein. But Blacula is the right reference in this case."
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