The Country of the Blind - is the one eyed man king?

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The Country of the Blind - is the one eyed man king?
OP - December 10, 2008, 08:31 PM

Not sure if anyone has heard of this short story, H G Wells wrote two endings for it one where the one eyed man dies and another where the country of the blind is destroyed!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Country_of_the_Blind

Are we working to make the one eyed man king?

Some comfort comes as H G Wells second ending give the one eyed man a better end!
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Re: The Country of the Blind - is the one eyed man king?
Reply #1 - December 11, 2008, 11:03 AM

Dunno. Which of the current monarchies in the world today has a one-eyed man as heir apparent?

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Re: The Country of the Blind - is the one eyed man king?
Reply #2 - December 11, 2008, 03:56 PM

It is sure that you understood it, but if you did not; I see the one eyed man is a metaphor for those that have broken the shackles of organized religion.
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Re: The Country of the Blind - is the one eyed man king?
Reply #3 - December 11, 2008, 04:32 PM

Why would the one eyed man reveal he could see if the blind would kill him for it? It's best to just play along and rule them so.

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Re: The Country of the Blind - is the one eyed man king?
Reply #4 - December 14, 2008, 12:48 PM

I remember that from my youth. But after reading Jose Saramago's book BLINDNESS, I now believe that anyone sighted in a kingdom of blind people would in fact be a slave and a liability.

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