Weird Disparities in Perceptions
In this twilight world of mine, one of the interesting though uncomfortable phenomena is that now and then things that seem crystal clear to me are viewed by others in a completely different light. This disagreement becomes so stark that it makes me wonder who is being crazy here. One example of this is the chess contest that I have mentioned before and that you can see Rook waging almost daily on his Rook's Rant, against Jim Yeager.
Both contestants have an advanced Pawn that the two players seem to regard as being strong points that they can't profitably assail. I, however, have been seeing both Pawns as being highly vulnerable to attacks that are so obvious that I wondered how they could escape notice, strong consideration, and finally irresistible temptation. Now, however, one side has thrown wet ashes on his shot, and the other quite possibly might do the same with his. (And so he did -- at least on the move that was upcoming at the time.)
These mysterious and glaring disparities in perception carry on even into areas of real significance, such as the highest levels of international politics and warfare.
Congressman D. Kucinich must be wondering similarly. He has just introduced 35 articles of impeachment in the House against GWBush, whose activities as the supposed President have been so criminal, especially in Iraq, that such a move to condemn him would, in a sane world, be unquestionable. Yet Kucinich had trouble even in getting his colleagues to quiet down enough to allow him to present the articles.
Instead, as resolute as ever to brush off all his many transgressions, yesterday Bush said once again that he has absolutely no regrets for the decisions that he has made regarding Iraq, ignoring the fact that that place has become one big graveyard that has become more his legacy than it had been for Iraq's late and largely unlamented dictator, Saddam Hussein.
"Women always change their minds. Fools never do."
The truth of the first part of that old adage could be challenged, but the second part can be confidently carried down from the mountain, indelibly chiseled in stone.
Both contestants have an advanced Pawn that the two players seem to regard as being strong points that they can't profitably assail. I, however, have been seeing both Pawns as being highly vulnerable to attacks that are so obvious that I wondered how they could escape notice, strong consideration, and finally irresistible temptation. Now, however, one side has thrown wet ashes on his shot, and the other quite possibly might do the same with his. (And so he did -- at least on the move that was upcoming at the time.)
These mysterious and glaring disparities in perception carry on even into areas of real significance, such as the highest levels of international politics and warfare.
Congressman D. Kucinich must be wondering similarly. He has just introduced 35 articles of impeachment in the House against GWBush, whose activities as the supposed President have been so criminal, especially in Iraq, that such a move to condemn him would, in a sane world, be unquestionable. Yet Kucinich had trouble even in getting his colleagues to quiet down enough to allow him to present the articles.
Instead, as resolute as ever to brush off all his many transgressions, yesterday Bush said once again that he has absolutely no regrets for the decisions that he has made regarding Iraq, ignoring the fact that that place has become one big graveyard that has become more his legacy than it had been for Iraq's late and largely unlamented dictator, Saddam Hussein.
"Women always change their minds. Fools never do."
The truth of the first part of that old adage could be challenged, but the second part can be confidently carried down from the mountain, indelibly chiseled in stone.
posted by Carl (aka Sofarsogoo) | 8:45 AM
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