SiTU MEMO 12
Words
can change meaning in a relative short period of time.
The
term “blockbuster” was the name given to a bomb, big enough to
destroy several houses. In the second half of WW2, Germany was bombed
with these monsters day and night.
Slowly
the memories of this disastrous episode faded. “Blockbuster” has
a different meaning now. It”s a very big hit, the world wide impact
of a book, a song or a musical. When a 20-year would read: “It's
raining blockbusters on Berlin”, he would probably think of a big
cultural manifestation.
Sometimes
old names stick. Still called the department of Defense, they
actually run an attack machine, with global tasks. Some changes make
you think. For almost 200 years my home-land had a department of
Justice. In the 21st
century it is part of the department of Security and Justice. Makes
you think. I honour the Dalai Lama by writing his names with capital
letters. Lately the journal “Trouw” prints “dalai lama”.
Chinese influence (money)? It's in the numbers too. Barack Obama's
Illinois Zip-code was: 60606.
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