Ultraparadoxical

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/29/iran.parliament/index.html

The first time I read this article I actually laughed out loud, then I stepped back from myself and looked critically at how I was thinking.  I don’t think many people look outside of themselves to see the perspectives of others.  If I were in the Middle East and American actions were affecting my life adversely I would probably agree with the categorization of the US forces as terrorists.  Terrorism is such a charged word that has a vague definition, and that what makes it so dangerous to use that label carelessly.

http://www.architecture2030.org/current_situation/coastal_impact.html 

I showed this to some friends and the first thing that they said was, “I wonder what that would do to the economy”.  The first reaction that most people are trained to respond with to this type of ominous environmental information is by relating the situation to money.  Apparently that is going to be the only way to get people to do anything about mitigating the effect of humans on the environment, by monetizing it.  Hopefully that day comes soon as there is not much time left before there are changes made to the makeup of the planet that can not be reversed without major suffering across the globe.

Welcome to Ultraparadoxical.com!  I am a little light on content right now as this is my first few days of developing the site.  So far I have a few short stories and I hope to have more stuff worth coming back for…