Mole
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The Deracination of Empathy and Sympathy
Christianity is a revolutionary religion starting at year zero. Literally starting at year zero, for we count our year 2013 Anno Domini (AD - After the Lord) from year zero of the Christian Era.
However all revolutionary impulses try to start from year zero. Of course the revolutionary Pol Pot of Cambodia took his country back to year zero in 1975.
And the French revolutionaries of 1787 started Year 1 of the French Revolutionary Calendar.
The Yankee revolutionaries were even more ambitious and tried to turn English itself back to year zero.
English, you remember, is an historical language, in that spelling and meaning are dependent on the history of every English word, so Noah Webster, of Webster's American Dictionary, tried to erase history from English by changing the spelling of English words.
Noah was only partially successful as the Yankees failed to impose their spelling on the rest of the English world, but he was successful in deracinating Americans by creating American English.
And it is American English that has succeeded in erasing the history and meaning of the words, 'empathy' and 'sympathy'.
Yes, the Americans have not only deracinated themselves, they have deracinated the meaning of the words 'empathy' and 'sympathy'.
Christianity is a revolutionary religion starting at year zero. Literally starting at year zero, for we count our year 2013 Anno Domini (AD - After the Lord) from year zero of the Christian Era.
However all revolutionary impulses try to start from year zero. Of course the revolutionary Pol Pot of Cambodia took his country back to year zero in 1975.
And the French revolutionaries of 1787 started Year 1 of the French Revolutionary Calendar.
The Yankee revolutionaries were even more ambitious and tried to turn English itself back to year zero.
English, you remember, is an historical language, in that spelling and meaning are dependent on the history of every English word, so Noah Webster, of Webster's American Dictionary, tried to erase history from English by changing the spelling of English words.
Noah was only partially successful as the Yankees failed to impose their spelling on the rest of the English world, but he was successful in deracinating Americans by creating American English.
And it is American English that has succeeded in erasing the history and meaning of the words, 'empathy' and 'sympathy'.
Yes, the Americans have not only deracinated themselves, they have deracinated the meaning of the words 'empathy' and 'sympathy'.