Idiot - 翻譯

Idiot, n.
A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs
has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not
confined to any special field of thought or action, but "pervades and
regulates the whole." He has the last word in everything; his decision
is unappealable. He sets the fashions of opinion and taste, dictates
the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.

-- Ambrose Bierce



白癡 [名詞]
有一個龐大有力的族群，其影響向來強勢支配人類事務。白癡是這族群一員。
白癡的活躍不限於任何思想行動的特別領域，而是「遍佈一切、規範整體」。
事事由他拍板定案；他的判決不得上訴。他開創意見與品味的風氣，決定言論
何者當說，並替行為劃下不可逾越的界限。

-- 安布羅斯‧比爾斯

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桃樂絲: 可是, 如果你沒有頭腦, 為什麼會說話?
稻草人: ㄝ, 我也不知... 但是有些人沒有頭腦也能說超～多話呢。
[偷自beagle兄的簽名檔]

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