"The very concept of objective truth
is fading out of the world.
Lies will pass into history. "
George Orwell
"Until lions have their historians,
tales of the hunt
shall always glorify the hunters. "
African Proverb
"The past is malleable and flexible,
changing as our recollection interprets
and re-explains what has happened. "
Peter Berger
Even a good black and white photograph is not black and white. There are hundreds of subtle gradations of grey. And so with Life and History. It's complicated; not clear cut. Memories fade like rhyming echoes. Recollections become tactical, considered, limited, controlled and edited for consumption by an unsuspecting public.
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