«Mike dear, a present ought not to be very expensive – unless you are trying to get a girl to marry you, or something. Especially ‘something’. But a present should show that you thought about it and considered that person’s tastes. Something he would enjoy but probably would not buy for himself.» «Stranger In A Strange Land» by Robert A. Heinlein I really like xmas — the feast of giving. It’s usually a nice idea to be creative and find something … well, someone «would enjoy but probably would not buy for himself». This year, my brother did get something that he hopefully would like — a book on political correctness: «Es war doch gut gemeint: Wie Political Correctness unsere freiheitliche Gesellschaft zerstörte» [But it was well-intentioned … How political correctness destroyed our liberal society] by Daniel Ullrich and Sarah Diefenbach. Here the ebook version, I did gift the hardcover version. And yeah, the cover got skewed. The book is actually pretty good, fairly well-balanced and fair. But it also was lacking something — the right cover. So, giving he did judge a prior book by its cover (or rather, by its author), I thought about putting a false dust-jacket [...]
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