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foliumnondefluet) wrote2012-10-14 11:57 am
foliumnondefluet) wrote2012-10-14 11:57 am
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In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king
There's a saying going "in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king" and I think that's so wrong.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is utterly lonely. The blind will be happy to make use of his sight to their advantage, but they won't ever understand him, and the one-eyed man will have nobody to share his experiences with - the language spoken in the land of the blind won't even have words for him to talk about what he sees. The man may even wish at times that he were blind like everyone else, for which the blind will accuse him of selfishness. Nobody will be able to offer any guidance in how he's supposed to make ethical use of his 'gift'. In other words, he'll be more like a reluctant superhero than a king...
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is utterly lonely. The blind will be happy to make use of his sight to their advantage, but they won't ever understand him, and the one-eyed man will have nobody to share his experiences with - the language spoken in the land of the blind won't even have words for him to talk about what he sees. The man may even wish at times that he were blind like everyone else, for which the blind will accuse him of selfishness. Nobody will be able to offer any guidance in how he's supposed to make ethical use of his 'gift'. In other words, he'll be more like a reluctant superhero than a king...