Death and Genitals | Nov 20 2003
My favorite moment from a brief and remarkably superficial New York Times Magazine interview with Noam Chomsky (who, one imagines, brushes his teeth in the same terse and humorless manner in which he answers journalists’ questions):
Q: I’ve often wondered why there are more slang words for death and genitals than any other words.
A: Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression.
A man signs a shovel and so he digs.
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