Американские боги

           Therearestoriesthataretrue,inwhicheachindividual’staleisuniqueandtragic,andtheworstofthetragedyisthatwehavehearditbefore,andwecannotallowourselvestofeelittoodeeply.Webuildashellarounditlikeanoysterdealingwithapainfulparticleofgrit,coatingitwithsmoothpearllayersinordertocope.Thisishowwewalkandtalkandfunction,dayin,dayout,immunetoothers’painandloss.Ifitweretotouchusitwouldcrippleusormakesaintsofus;but,forthemostpart,itdoesnottouchus.Wecannotallowitto.

           Tonight,asyoueat,reflectifyoucan:therearechildrenstarvingintheworld,starvinginnumberslargerthanthemindcaneasilyhold,upinthebignumberswhereanerrorofamillionhere,amillionthere,canbeforgiven.Itmaybeuncomfortableforyoutoreflectuponthisoritmaynot,butstill,youwilleat.

           Thereareaccountswhich,ifweopenourheartstothem,willcutustoodeeply.Lookhereisagoodman,goodbyhisownlightsandthelightsofhisfriends:heisfaithfulandtruetohiswife,headoresandlavishesattentiononhislittlechildren,hecaresabouthiscountry,hedoeshisjobpunctiliously,asbesthecan.So,efficientlyandgood-naturedly,heexterminatesJews:heappreciatesthemusicthatplaysinthebackgroundtopacifythem;headvisestheJewsnottoforgettheiridentificationnumbersastheygointotheshowersmanypeople,hetellsthem,forgettheirnumbers,andtakethewrongclothes,whentheycomeoutoftheshowers.

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