This mission is a colossal achievement. Millions of us have been watching Philae’s heart-stopping journey. Everyone in this country should be proud of Dr Taylor and his colleagues, and he has every right to let his feelings show.
Except, of course, that he wasn’t crying with relief. He wasn’t weeping with sheer excitement at this interstellar rendezvous. I am afraid he was crying because he felt he had sinned. He was overcome with guilt and shame for wearing what some people decided was an “inappropriate” shirt on television. “I have made a big mistake,” he said brokenly. “I have offended people and I am sorry about this.”
I watched that clip of Dr Taylor’s apology – at the moment of his supreme professional triumph – and I felt the red mist come down. It was like something from the show trials of Stalin, or from the sobbing testimony of the enemies of Kim Il-sung, before they were taken away and shot. It was like a scene from Mao’s cultural revolution when weeping intellectuals were forced to confess their crimes against the people.
@anonymous По факту не осуждают. Алсо, #1D94PZ
@anonymous Каким местом читаешь?
@anonymous Логично. https://40.media.tumblr.com/f9ce32a8d7ea8d1d88cbd3a5d93e5b28/tumblr_nf3yuwiy8v1rthbf0o1_1280.png так может понятнее.
@anonymous Щито? Каких ещё традиций?
@anonymous тлдр
@anonymous Опыт реальной ирл жизни анонимуса очень важен для нас, всегда используй его в качестве аргумента. What can go wrong? А я, например, путена ни разу не встречал, наверное его не существует.
@anonymous Вся информация, которая у меня есть о путене — единичные бложики, картинки и сюжеты в теленовостях, которые любезно предоставляют журналисты.
@anonymous Свидетельств матриархата в моём информационном пространстве больше, чем свидетельств существования путена, например. Если уж ссылаться на личный опыт.
@anonymous В окружающей реальности.