{"id":46,"date":"2012-12-28T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maribranze.ro\/maribranze\/?p=46"},"modified":"2016-02-04T02:51:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:51:31","slug":"politeness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maribranze.ro\/maribranze\/politeness\/","title":{"rendered":"Politeness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunt dou\u0103 tipuri de scrieri care \u00eemi plac la nebunie. Primele m\u0103 fac s\u0103 g\u00e2ndesc: “A\u015fa ceva a\u015f fi putut scrie \u015fi mi-ar fi pl\u0103cut s\u0103 scriu \u015fi eu!”, iar celelalte: “A\u015fa ceva nu a\u015f fi putut scrie niciodat\u0103!”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Povestea de mai jos, “Politeness” de Fredric Brown, inclus\u0103 \u00een volumul “Paradoxul Pierdut” (Paradox Lost), face parte din prima categorie. Am citit-o prima dat\u0103 acum un an \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 m\u0103 amuz\u0103 de fiecare dat\u0103 c\u00e2nd o recitesc.<\/em><\/p>\n


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Ce <\/span>\u00eenseamn\u0103 polite\u0163ea<\/span><\/div>\n
Fredric Brown<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Rance\u00a0 <\/span>Hendrix, specialist \u00een exo-psihologie (psihologia civiliza\u0163iilor cosmice), membru a celei de a treia expedi\u0163ii pe planeta Venus, cutreiera plictisit nisipurile fierbin\u0163i, \u00een c\u0103utarea unui venusian. \u00cendat\u0103 ce va \u00eent\u00e2lni unul, avea s\u0103 \u00eencerce s\u0103 \u00eennoade rela\u0163ii prietene\u015fti; era la a cincea \u00eencercare. Primele patru se soldaser\u0103 tot cu at\u00e2tea e\u015fecuri. Exper\u0163ii expedi\u0163iilor precedente \u00eenregistraser\u0103 \u015fi ei numai e\u015fecuri.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Partea grea nu era de a \u00eent\u00e2lni un venusian; \u00eens\u0103 to\u0163i cei care fuseser\u0103 aborda\u0163i nu se interesau c\u00e2tu\u015fi de pu\u0163in de p\u0103m\u00e2nteni \u015fi nici m\u0103car unul dintre ei nu se ar\u0103tase vreodat\u0103 prietenos. Aceast\u0103 total\u0103 lips\u0103 de sociabilitate era \u015fi mai ciudat\u0103 prin faptul c\u0103 venusienii vorbeau limbile folosite pe P\u0103m\u00e2nt; aptitudinile lor telepatice, necunoscute nou\u0103, le permiteau s\u0103 prind\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi cele mai ne\u00eensemnate nuan\u0163e ale oric\u0103rei limbi vorbite pe Terra \u015fi s\u0103 r\u0103spund\u0103 la \u00eentreb\u0103ri c\u00e2t se poate de limpede, dar… cu o ostilitate evident\u0103.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Iat\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 c\u0103 tocmai se apropie unul, cu cazmaua pe um\u0103r.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>–Salut, venusianule, spuse Hendrix jovial.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>–La revedere, p\u0103m\u00e2nteanule, spuse venusianul f\u0103r\u0103 a \u00eencetini pasul.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Hendrix se sim\u0163ea jignit \u015fi \u00eencurcat. Se lu\u0103 dup\u0103 venusian, potrivindu-\u015fi pasul cu el. Trebuia s\u0103 alerge pentru a nu fi l\u0103sat \u00een urm\u0103 de picioarele lungi ale individului.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>–De ce nu vre\u0163i s\u0103 vorbi\u0163i cu noi? \u00eentreb\u0103 Hendrix.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>–Eu? Doar s\u0103 vorbesc, cu toate c\u0103 asta nu-mi face nicio pl\u0103cere. Merge\u0163i mai \u00eencolo.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Venusianul se opri \u015fi \u00eencepu s\u0103 sape cu unealta sa, c\u0103ut\u00e2nd ou\u0103 de korvil, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103-i pese de p\u0103m\u00e2ntean.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Hendrix \u00eel privi, jignit la culme. \u00centotdeauna se \u00eent\u00e2mpla exact la fel, indiferent de venusian. Toate metodele \u015fi procedeele prev\u0103zute de psihologia p\u0103m\u00e2nteasc\u0103, precum \u015fi de exo-pshihologie, nu d\u0103deau niciun rezultat.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u015ei nisipul \u0103sta care frigea pe t\u0103lpi; \u015fi aerul \u0103sta care, cu toate c\u0103 putea fi respirat, pu\u0163ea a formol \u015fi \u00eei m\u0103cina pl\u0103m\u00e2nii, toate se ad\u0103ugau acestei respingeri sistematice… era prea mult pentru Hendrix, care explod\u0103:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>–Atunci ia mai bag\u0103-\u0163i-o-n…!<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Aceasta era o ac\u0163iune evident imposibil\u0103 pentru un p\u0103m\u00e2ntean, \u00eens\u0103 venusienii sunt hermafrodi\u0163i. Venusianul se r\u0103suci spre Hendrix privindu-l uimit, \u00eenc\u00e2ntat; era pentru prima oar\u0103 c\u00e2nd se \u00eent\u00e2mpla ca un p\u0103m\u00e2ntean s\u0103 foloseasc\u0103 un fel de a vorbi care pe Venus \u00eensemna cea mai elementar\u0103 polite\u0163e.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>R\u0103spunse cu o urare la fel de suculent\u0103, z\u00e2mbind cu toat\u0103 fa\u0163a, l\u0103s\u0103 cazmaua jos \u015fi se a\u015fez\u0103 al\u0103turi de str\u0103inul at\u00e2t de amabil.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Acesta a fost punctul de pornitre pentru o minunat\u0103 prietenie \u015fi deplin\u0103 \u00een\u0163elegere \u00eentre Terra \u015fi Venus.<\/span><\/div>\n
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