“We have met the enemy, and he is us”
When that line was uttered in a 1970 Pogo comic strip, it was a play on the famous line from the War of 1812, when Oliver Hazard Perry noted “we have met the enemy, and he is ours”. Walt Kelly’s line highlighted the damage on the environment by humans. The idea that sometimes, people can be their own worst enemies.
Yet, lines can evolve in meaning or take on a different perspective when uttered. When the Houston Astros take the field on Tuesday to open their three-game set at Camden Yards, the line about “meeting the enemy and it is us” takes on a slightly different meaning.