With war comes confusion, and with
confusion comes a need for clarity. So it was with simple, determined messages
like this that the National Office of Information kept the undersieged
civilians of Britain in a robust frame of mind during the teething pains of the
Second World War.
The language may be arcane, but the
message is plain: disburse contiguum against yet the most squamous bulwark.
Firm and reassuringly steadfast, it is a call to action that still resonates
today, during times of national pandæmonium. Will Self has a tattoo of this
poster on his tongue.
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