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zdashamber“A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.” - Dave Barry
Which recently went by in a column chock full o' amusing aphorisms written by that delightful fellow, Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle.
It's a pithy reversion of a very old thought that goes something like, "You can judge a man by how he treats those who are powerless against him."
Nod, nod, yes of course... Alright, let's hit a practical example. Iago and Cassio. They're peers, pretty much; certainly, there's no power relationship as clear-cut as boor/waiter. And yet, Cassio is powerless against Iago's assassination of his character. Lies told under a cloak of secrecy... Who can defend against that?
Thus, Iago gets to be known as "possibly the most heinous villain in Shakespeare."
Which recently went by in a column chock full o' amusing aphorisms written by that delightful fellow, Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle.
It's a pithy reversion of a very old thought that goes something like, "You can judge a man by how he treats those who are powerless against him."
Nod, nod, yes of course... Alright, let's hit a practical example. Iago and Cassio. They're peers, pretty much; certainly, there's no power relationship as clear-cut as boor/waiter. And yet, Cassio is powerless against Iago's assassination of his character. Lies told under a cloak of secrecy... Who can defend against that?
Thus, Iago gets to be known as "possibly the most heinous villain in Shakespeare."