Thursday, October 04, 2007

There's glory for you!

One of my favorite scenes from Through The Looking Glass is when Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the Department of Justice's rationale for allowing interrogation techniques that sure sound like torture, but in fact are not:

`When _I_ use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'
`The question is,' said Alice, `whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.'
`The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master - - that's all.'


Indeed.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

So tell us, specifically, what's the worst thing you can do that's not torture?

1:37 PM, October 04, 2007  
Blogger QueensGuy said...

Oh, that's an easy one: raise your child as a Cubs fan.

8:57 PM, October 04, 2007  

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