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April 10, 2013

"Once there was a man who could not stand it."

First he lost the power to read and then the headlines did not bother him any longer.

Then he lost the power to understand speech and then the radio could not bother him. He became quite happy and the wrinkles smoothed out of his face and he quit being tense and he painted and modelled in clay and danced and listened to music and enjoyed life. Then a clever psychiatrist penetrated his fugue and made him sane again.... Letters of Note: The Robert Heinlein Maneuver

Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 10, 2013 7:59 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Sounds like the hippies in west Sonoma County...one difference however, is that the headlines they read are written by their own, the radio they listen to is NPR, the movies they watch are made by hollywood fellow travelers...they live in an echo chamber that blinds them and deafens them to reality.
But boy, do they dance and do "art".

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at April 10, 2013 9:01 AM

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