Words, no doubt, are dangerous . They tend to assume newer meanings, as the time goes by. Alas, even the author of Wasteland felt this, not everything can be laid to waste, it seems, no, not words really….. It’s obvious where they gain their nourishment from, from us Mon ami, as Hercule Poirot might have said, from us and our poor little lives. ……..
Elementary, Hastings, elementary.
You see, not everything is lived on the outside. Life, as my Ma used to say, is very internalized, and life is lived in the wilderness of words, and words tend to assume new meanings!
The First World Spokesman tells the Third World “ There is a price to pay for development” He is about to drive a community elsewhere to build a pleasure- haunt for wealthy tourists. I am not debating the issue, I am merely placing some words for your evaluation. The “1st World” the “3rd World ” ( How many are there?) the “Development” (What is that?) the “Price” ( Your freedom? Your peace of mind? What?)
These words are not what they seem, are they? They weave a web of such intricate psychic design that some are caught in them unawares and believe in them implicitly to have no responses other than those expected by their designers. Or am I wrong?
Would you respond?
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