Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:51:34 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber
<naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

On 2025-02-22, Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> wrote:
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Nice. It makes me wonder, does Dutch have the equivalent of 'the
elephant in the room', for an obvious problem that everyone avoids
mentioning?

>
Isn't this essentially the same as "the emperor's new clothes", so
"de nieuwe kleren van de keizer"?

Not quite.

The emperor's new clothes doesn't refer so much to a problem as to a
fake solution that everyone can see isn't working.


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