Karl Kraus, Die letzten Tage der Internet/Menschheit 1915.
Austria during the 1st World War...
Patriot: Did you hear the latest ? In France they throw people in jail because they're telling the truth. The other day a lady in Paris said Germany was prepared for war and France was not - and she was locked up. Just because she told them the truth to their faces!
Biach: Yes, they can't take it, those French warmongers. Waging war - yes. Attacking a peace-loving neighbour like Germany, yes. That's the way they are.
Patriot: Golden words. Germany is waging a defencive war. No one here expected war. The defense industry was caught completely unprepared.
Biach: Right. And when a simple woman in France speaks the truth...
Patriot: No, you are mistaken. She was sentenced because she said Germany was prepared for war.
Biach: But the truth is that Germany was not prepared.
Patriot: But she said it was prepared.
Biach: That is a lie.
Patriot: But she was sentenced because she told the truth.
Biach: Then what did she say ?
Patriot: That Germany was prepared for war.
Biach: How can she be sentenced for that in France ? For that she should have been sentenced in Germany.
Patriot: How come ? Now wait a minute - no - maybe - listen: the way I see it, she told the truth, but in France - the way the country is run - she was sentenced because she lied.
Biach: No, no, you're all mixed up. What happened was that she lied, and she was sentenced because in France they cannot face the truth.
Patriot: Terrible, those conditions in France. What do you say about the Net ?
Karl Kraus, Die letzten Tage der Menschheit 1915.
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