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| Zara |
| 06/07/02 at 13:03:26 |
| [slm] Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will hurt me forever. Is this true??? I thought it was Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will hurt me never.... I can't find the orginal poem, help me out people email it if you have a copy. jazaks [wlm] :-) |
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| mwishka |
| 06/07/02 at 13:29:04 |
| sis zara, it's the second, but as i know it, it has a slightly different flavor to it, as in hamas - "to be able": sticks and stones CAN break my bones, but words CAN never hurt me. now, my little commentary on this.... this is actually a type of literary structure, the name of which i can't recall - maybe someone else can tell us? - in which the statement AND it's opposite are true at the same time, so it's actually contradicting itself.... in this, the way it's often used as a taunt, it means "go ahead and call me all the names you want, it won't do any good. the only way to actually "hurt" me is physically." and this is the sense in which it applies to all resistance movements everywhere. (oh mwishka, why do you have to make everything so complicated?? ;) ) you can kill me beat me torture me, but you can't break me - the truth is the truth and your words won't make anything different, no matter how ugly they are. break my bones, destroy my body, but i will resist you. ok, moving right along.... :D.....the other sense of it is the private, tender sense of the way in which words can do more harm than sticks or stones ever could, the sense in which a broken bone will heal with time, but a wounded heart might never..... ok, i better leave now..... :) mwishka |
| 06/07/02 at 13:31:22 |
| mwishka |
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| Zara |
| 06/10/02 at 06:39:55 |
| [slm] No your words haven't been lost in the abyss, quite the contrary actually. I understand both stances of your interpretation. It is true that if your spirit is strong then it will not sucumb to the pain inflicted to the body or mind. However perhaps the writer is saying that mental pain through utterances of words can cause pain deeper than bodily wounds. I agree with both views and I am now able to appreciate the contradictory nature of language. where do you get your wisdom from? Is it numerous years of life and the problems that come with it ??? If that is the case then I haven't lived yet and the only wisdom I have is my wisdom tooth. ;D [wlm] :-) |
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