domingo, janeiro 04, 2004

Do lado de lá do véu

Leio na coluna do embaixador José Cutileiro no 2º Caderno do Expresso deste Sábado que, no Irão, uma professora de dança clássica e as suas alunas foram presas por darem um espectáculo destinado, ao que diz, a mulheres. Parece que este tipo de actividade corrompe o espírito.

Creio que o uso, por parte dos responsáveis político-religiosos do Irão, daquela espécie de turbante (cuja designação correcta não conheço) na cabeça também corrompe; neste caso, o bom funcionamento do cérebro.
"In North America the black bear was seen by [Samuel] Hearne swimming for hours with widely open mouth, thus catching, like a whale, insects in the water. Even in so extreme a case as this, if the supply of insects were constant, and if better adapted competitors did not already exist in the country, I can see no difficulty in a race of bears being rendered, by natural selection, more and more aquatic in their structure and habits, with larger and larger mouths, till a creature was produced as monstrous as a whale."
Darwin, Charles; "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" (On the origin and transitions of organic beings with peculiar habits and structure)