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Some people just like waiting for the barbarians. Even if there aren't any barbarians out there.
by dublinben 14y ago
Some people just like waiting for the barbarians. Even if there aren't any barbarians out there.
- jlgreco 14y agoIt is a fantasy that is quite useful to some people, and seemingly very amusing in some sort of perverse way to others.
- andyjohnson0 14y agoFor those who don't get your reference, Waiting for the Barbarians is a poem by C P Cavafy. http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=119&cat=1 http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=119&cat=1
- dublinben 14y agoIt's also a Nobel prize winning novel by J. M. Cotzee. The allusion works either way.