If it starts with a lie can you believe what follows? I am of course referring to your bogus Kafka quote.
It was of course not Kafka but Leo Longanesi and sounded better in Italian – Fanfare, bandiere, parate. Uno stupido è uno stupido. Due stupidi sono due stupidi. Diecimila stupidi sono una forza storica – but was then twisted by someone needing to give substance to some dubious point and ten thousand people believed it.
Rob Watson, Tyagarah
- Ed: Thanks, Rob, our sincere apologies. There was a last-minute hunt for a quote and we didn’t check whether its attribution was correct. Stupido. We’re now wondering if there’s other stuff on the internet that’s untrue?
