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Unthinkable (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not the idea that loses the debate but the one never present even to be refuted.

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Unthinkable (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not the impossible: arresting allied leaders for terror would be easy, which is why it must stay beyond thought.

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Unthinkable (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not the false but what cannot even be raised: the point is not that the official assumptions are wrong, but that no one may ask whether they are.