10 Jorge Semprún tells in Writing or life Upon leaving the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald, he encountered two types of people who didn't want to know about the horror he had experienced: some avoided asking him questions, while others asked superficial things like, "So, it was tough, huh?" This latter type of person demonstrates that clichés and vulgarity are a subtle form of violence. There are people I can't directly accuse of attacking my brain, even though they do. They seem polite, but they seek victims to feed their utter stupidity.

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