Sinister: native naivete

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In a message dated 98-02-23 04:44:32 EST, cja1000 at hermes.cam.ac.uk writes:

<< Blinkers are things that they put on racehorses to stop them looking
 around, and hence being distracted / startled when they're running. When
 humans wear them it's usually a sign of being focussed on one idea to the
 point of exclusion of all others (to put it politely.) >>

In America, those are called "Blinders."  Hence the lyric in the theme song to
Alice, starring Linda Lavin, "Livin' through life with blinders on it's tough
to see..."
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