Monday, August 18, 2008

Turn Arounds

I've been thinking lately about the juxtapositions when you reverse certain possibilities. I think it is sometimes revealing. Sometimes it's what makes the satire from The Onion so potent. For instance:

"NYC DECIMATED BY DIRTY BOMB: TERRORISTS USED ENRICHED SILICON WAFERS STOLEN FROM TX SOLAR INSTALLATION"

Wouldn't we be crazy to develop solar power further if this were possible? "Expensive, sure, but we have our own silicon, and someday we'll figure out how to dispose of it when we're done with it, and we can keep it safe from terrorists. I mean, we've had vehicles full of explosive fuel around for decades and our security systems have protected those from mis-use very effectively..."

Hmmm...

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