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Yeah, well, maybe I don't feel so keen on doing it all of a sudden. What do you think I am, completely without any moral whatsits, what are they called, those moral things?
— Douglas Adams • Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker suddenly hesitates about something they were going to do. They defend their morals while struggling to remember what to call them. That clash makes the claim to principle sound comically uncertain.
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