Like so many others, it was equated by many with ugliness, social decay, drug use and family breakdown.
A born Angeleno, I am repeatedly asked, "Where are you from?" My question is this: Why is American citizenship equated by so many with whiteness?
This decision not only involved the future of the Governor but was equated by some of his admirers sincerely--some others would say shamelessly with the future of the country.
The cow was also identified early on with the Brahman or priestly class, and killing the cow was sometimes equated (by Brahmans) with the heinous crime of killing a Brahman.
The Burgundian court was in most ways the predominant court of the region, and it was equated by those who enjoyed the duke's patronage with the court of Alexander the Great.
And a dispiriting, ever-growing new addition: "Monti in Trouble," Monti of course being Prime Minister Mario Monti, who is valiantly trying to sail a country equated by many to a sinking ship through turbulent European waters (enough with the nautical metaphors, though they are disturbingly apt).
