It reminds me of a cabdriver years ago who told me that Salman Rushdie was "a secret Jew," which explained his blasphemies against Islam. Actually, he told me that Rushdie was a secret Christian who secretly converted to Judaism. No kidding! And there was another cabdriver who told me that The Jews controled the US Federal Reserve, and so THEY were behind the economic recession going on at the time.
It also reminds me of a highly cultivated, educated, and moderate Jordanian friend who just wanted to be reassured on one point: He asked me: "It isn't true that Judaism teaches that non-Jews don't have souls, right?" I reassured him. Ouch!
"Syme: It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. You wouldn't have seen the [Newspeak] Dictionary 10th edition, would you Smith? It's that thick. [illustrates thickness with fingers] The 11th Edition will be that [narrows fingers] thick. Winston Smith: So, The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect? Syme: The secret is to move from translation, to direct thought, to automatic response. No need for self-discipline. Language coming from here [the larynx], not from here
[the brain]" -1984 (film)
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Depressing.
It reminds me of a cabdriver years ago who told me that Salman Rushdie was "a secret Jew," which explained his blasphemies against Islam. Actually, he told me that Rushdie was a secret Christian who secretly converted to Judaism. No kidding! And there was another cabdriver who told me that The Jews controled the US Federal Reserve, and so THEY were behind the economic recession going on at the time.
It also reminds me of a highly cultivated, educated, and moderate Jordanian friend who just wanted to be reassured on one point: He asked me: "It isn't true that Judaism teaches that non-Jews don't have souls, right?" I reassured him. Ouch!