Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social
It’s told by Thomas More at the end of his History of Richard III (c.1525): a fable that the lion announces execution of all horned beasts, and another with a lump on its forehead flees the forest: “Why fleest thou? That’s no horn on thy head” “Aye, but what if he call it a horn, where am I then?”
It’s true. I checked here.
Not to mention that you shouldn’t have to prove you are a citizen; the government should have to prove that you’re not.
Without due process, the government doesn’t have to prove anything. It can just make the claim, and then act on the claim.
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It’s amazing how difficult this concept is for some people.
There is a 1987 paper tracking the joke through history: A Romanian Political Joke in 12th Century Iranian Sources by Mahmoud Omidsalar (Hat tip)
This is the 12th century version (Hat tip):
A fox was running, grieving for his life.
Another fox saw him in such a state
And asked: “Please tell me, brother, what is wrong?”
He said: “The king is hunting donkeys here!”
“But you are not a donkey - so why fear?”
He answered: "That is right; but, oh!, these men;
They do not know and they cannot discern.
They think that fox and donkey are the same!"
https://archive.org/details/AnvarisDivanAPocketBookforAkbar/page/n119/mode/2up
Allegedly, expressions along the lines of “to prove you are not a camel” are common in Poland and Russia for tedious bureaucratic demands.
The biggest problem is that you have
stupid peopleless discerning people who think “I’m not a camel” and because they know they are not that thing assume that they are safe or that others know they are not that thing.See also the “pick me’s” who are convinced they’ll be exempt from the targeting of minorities because they’re “one of the good ones.”
Thats all well and good. But most people who think “im not a camel” are not affected in a way that they care about. By not caring they are “safe”. They don’t create issues for those in power.
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