Clash of the Adages
For some reason, I was thinking of the old saying, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” I’ve never been a fan of this saying, since it seems wrong. Granted, written word can win “hearts and minds” better than a sword, but it’s the guy with the sword who decides which words get to be used.
After all, “history is written by the victor”. Whoever is in power generally controls the media and information flow. It doesn’t really matter that someone writes something, if it never gets distributed.
Maybe it’s more appropriate to amend the saying to be: “The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the guy with the sword decides who gets the pen.”
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Posted on 17-Jun-08 at 10:19 pm | Permalink
dale cinciripini wrote:
the sword might decide what the pen writes although losing world wars to usa proved eco boons to japan/germany and now years later usa suffers eco disaster from too many swords in too many countries…swords cut both ways..ron pauls influence on me..thanks vj..vijays father-in-law..dale
Posted on 24-Jul-08 at 6:04 pm | Permalink