On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2010, at 03:48, D E Engelbrecht wrote: > > > >> Authoritarian schemes--Programming languages constructed as dialects of > > Newspeak, Was its nicht erlaubt ist verboten, and the like--are always > > misconceived. > > > > 'misconceived' - Agreed. > > > > For the purists: > > > > Was ist nicht erlaubt is verboten (What is not allowed is forbidden). > > Was ist nicht verboten ist erlaubt (What is not forbidden is allowed). > > > I suppose. Google (which John G. knows is always right) agrees with > the translation. But it lacks the irony of a similar English > maxim: > > What is not compulsory is forbidden. > > (I admire Sam Siegel's capacity for forgiveness.) > Thanks ... > > -- gil >
