UPDATE(4/12/07): Upon reflecting on this posting, I realized that my interpretation of the physics of a pendulum is completely wrong. Therefore my analogy is a bit off. As you can tell, a poet I am not. Sorry.
Its kinetic energy increasing then decreasing as it swings from left to right. Life is a lot like that these days. It seems like people subscribe to one philosophy or its antithesis, all the while getting caught up in the kinetic energy from each side. However, as a pendulum only stops when it reaches the middle, it is only when we as a society reach the middle that we can truly address our issues. Hence the theme of this blog.
What the heck am I talking about? Whenever I debate an issue with a friend or family member, it seems that if I do not agree with them, I must therefore agree with the exact opposite. For the life of me, I cannot figure out the logic behind this. Here are a couple of examples:
Global warming: It seems that if I do not subscribe to the “We are all going to die” theory, then I must have my head in the sand or be in bed with big oil. The truth is I am some where in the middle. I do acknowledge the earth is getting warmer and that we do have a negative effect. However, I am smart enough to realize that other factors like THE SUN also play a role. In addition the fact that I do not think we are all doomed does not means I think we ought not to take precautions like recycling among others.
Iraq: If you do not think President Bush lied or that the United States is evil, then you must be a warmonger. Again, I am somewhere in the middle. I think we had noble intentions, but seriously underestimated the resistance we were to face. I think it is important to win this war, but realize we should not have to baby sit a civil war.
Now I could go on and on with both topics, but that is for another time. My only intent here is to try and pull people to the middle and get away from the absolutely insane logic that is you either believe A or B, and nothing else. There is a middle ground folks, let’s meet there.
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