Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Words & Meaning

Back to G.K. Chesterton who said that it is not love ( which is personal and particular) but hatred that unites men. Something Hitler understood well. Something the Devil also understands well when working through mortals. So when we hear words, we do not just know they symbolize things, they also symbolize meanings, ideas, principles held close and dear to the speaker. For better or for worse. When we hear hatred, we hear an attempt to unite people in hatred.