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HF762 - In the land of the blind...

Trådtittelen er et gammelt ordtak, "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king", som blant annet er tillagt Erasmus av Rotterdam, fra hans Adagia, utgitt i år 1500. En variant er brukt i novellen The Country of the Blind av H. G. Wells fra 1904. Andre varianter av ordtaket er å finne helt tilbake til Bibelen.

Senere forfattere har kommet opp med mange variasjoner over dette temaet:
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death." - Joan D. Vinge
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man will poke out his eye to fit in." - Caitlín R. Kiernan
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is a hallucinating idiot...for he sees what no one else does: things that, to everyone else, are not there." - Marshall McLuhan
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. In the darkness the man with a candle is an easy target." - Michael Grant
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is burned as a heretic." - Larry Niven.
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death." - Joan D. Vinge
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man will poke out his eye to fit in." - Caitlín R. Kiernan
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is a hallucinating idiot...for he sees what no one else does: things that, to everyone else, are not there." - Marshall McLuhan
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. In the darkness the man with a candle is an easy target." - Michael Grant
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is burned as a heretic." - Larry Niven.
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Startet av: tr0ndern 04.01.17 14:22
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