Page 53 - The Silent Language Of Evil

Harun Yahya

a tone of voice proper to a person of character and intelligence, they
use a childish voice, thinking that this will suggest their helpless in-
nocence. Sometimes they use a tactic of keeping silent; they pretend
not to be able to find the right words to express themselves; they
even pretend not to be able to form sentences. They try to show their
innocence and make others feel sorry for them by pretending to be
excitedly confused and unable to grasp the matter under discussion.
In this way, they buy themselves time and search for new ways to
make themselves seem innocent, though actually they have no such
difficulty in speaking.
They resort to another manner of insincerity. The way they look
at other people conveys total innocence so that they can conceal
their duplicity and create the impression that that they do not un-
derstand anything, and know nothing about insidiousness and evil.
Even though they are mentally aware and are able to look in an in-
telligent way, they deliberately hide it in order to deceive those
around them.
Along with this feigned child's voice, halting speech and inno-
cent expression, they also seek to strengthen their childish impres-
sion by engaging in displays of incompetence. They pretend to be

helpless, unable to understand the simplest things, to give the im-
pression that they are "just like children" and not to be given any re-
sponsibility. They want to make others think that they are innocent
in their intentions, that they are too inept to do anything wrong,
even if they wanted to. In this way they want to create the image of
a harmless innocent who ought to be pitied. They act childishly
when it suits them and try to convince their acquaintances that this
is how they really are; but when something conflicts with their own
interests, they can change character in a moment—from a childish,

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