Ex-boyfriends never go to hell,-terry
no matter how many times
you suggest it. No, they ascend straight
to heaven, where they speak French,
wear matching socks, and always,
always arrive on time, with a full
tank of gas and a bottle of wine.
They never curse your cat
or your mother, never call you up
drunk doing Arnold Schwarzenegger
impressions, never say Hey Rita
if your name is Tammy,
never say Hey Tammy
if your name is Joan.
They're better trained than dogs
and they smell better, too, better
than Twinkies or camellias, better
than anything on earth. Once
in a while, they take a holiday,
drive their Porsches down
through the clouds
in one long line and ring
the doorbell in your dreams,
offering tender apologies, tender
chicken cutlets, tender love.
But before you take one sack
of groceries, before your lips
graze a clean-shaven jaw,
before you let one polished
Oxford loafer through your door,
remember that as soon as they cross
the threshold, the truth will slip
in behind them: ex-boyfriends only
exist this way in heaven, or
whatever you want to call it,
their new lives without you.
We are a warlike species, you claim, and you show me films of Earth battles to prove it. But I have seen all the films about twenty times. Get some new films, or, so help me, if I ever get out of here I will empty my laser pistol into everyone I see, even pets.Read the entire thing here. -terry
Odd, I had a similar conversation with Sherman over the weekend. Sites like Wikipedia operate on the notion that through constant revisions, the truth will emerge and errors will eventually be corrected. However, this assumes that the population, as collective, is intelligent.
I don't believe this to be true. Important decisions, such as determining facts, should be left to qualified individuals. Even in our own government, we don't use a true democratic system; we have mixed elements of a republic and meritocracy. We defer our vote to representatives to make decisions for us. Because, quite frankly, how well informed are you and I about every aspect and nuance of running the largest economic and military force on the face of this world? Yeah, not so much.
Anyways, Colbert makes his point and makes it well. Sure Wikipedia is great and can quickly amass and revise a great body of knowledge. However, we shouldn't rely on it as fact. I leave you with this quote by Robert A. Heinlein: "Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is - so democracy, a theory based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants are equal, can never work. Wisdom is not additive; its maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group." (quote via Wikipedia) -terry