Tuesday, February 3, 2015

What Happened in Poland

...why didn’t the Jews of Jedwabne defend themselves - Louis Begley replies: For all I know, Professor Deák and Mr. Black are triathlonists or martial arts experts, and each of them feels confident about his ability to fend off, with an iron bar or two, hate-crazed neighbors bent on massacring him and his wife and children.
запас слов у Begley впечатляет: traduced, otiose, да и triathlonists не всякий сразу узнает. ну а уж по части сарказма - нет ему равных.

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