Ah, the land of definitions. The palace where God’s and Great Men dwell. In order to properly communicate, to understand one another; humanity needs definitions. Without them, we cannot agree on anything, we cannot understand the information we are given, we have no real point of reference and are subsequently thrust into a world of fog and fear. It is distinctly this area where we currently find ourselves. Fog, and fear surrounds us, has so thoroughly permeated our everyday lives that we’re scarcely aware of it anymore.
Example of fog and fear from an actual conversation I heard this past week:
Susan: I don’t understand these gas prices. They keep going up and down, up and down. It makes absolutely no sense!
Bill: The last time I remember such fluctuation in prices was during the 60’s and Vietnam was on.
Susan: exactly! There’s no war now, I don’t understand why the prices are getting so high.
The fact of the matter is, we’re currently embroiled in 2 wars, these wars have lasted for over 9 years.
Fear makes people do strange things. Behave in strange abnormal ways. Even violent, uncharacteristic ways.
What is it that leads a country down the path to war? Misinformation, anger, a common enemy. A common enemy was discovered on Sept. 11, 2001. Misinformation surrounded the incident. Anger arose. Irrational anger, like a wounded animal we lashed out at anything near us. The entire world was united in mourning, and all we wanted was revenge. We drove away our sympathy with our anger. In the wake of this tragedy, lives have been lost. More continue to be lost everyday. While the country sleeps in it’s fear and fog, young men and women fight for it.
The Truth Can Be Adjusted 