THE BRIDE
OF FRANKENSTEIN
Many pundits see the first trans-gender contestant in Donald Trump's
“Miss Universe Contest” as a breakthrough from the historical
simplicity of gender, claiming that the amazing beauty on stage was
living proof that sex is more complicated than male and female, and
that introducing personal feelings and choice to an otherwise cold
and indifferent fact is simply the result of human compassion and
ingenuity. I see this as the latest assault on reason and common
sense by the harbingers of deception and confusion. Why do some
people insist that truth cannot
be simple and easily
understood?
The
refusal to acknowledge that gender is either male or female
demonstrates the same stubborn stupidity as slogans like “Guns
don't kill people, people kill people”, or “It's the economy,
stupid!” The truth is simple – guns are designed
and promoted
to be used as weapons
to maim and kill other people. And in a society where the wasted
meals from restaurants could feed the entire homeless population of
every city, and where giant, heated office towers stand empty every
night while people cower in cardboard boxes in the street, there is
no thought for economy
in our present system.
Perhaps
the tenacity of this ignorance is rooted in the desperation to be in
charge of our own destiny, but attempting to reorder the universe to
fit personalized specifications can become extremely complicated (and
enormously expensive), so we usually settle for changing “reality”
to suit our aspirations instead. We can all pretend that the
Fukushima disaster is safely behind us, that the financial experts
will solve the debt crisis, and that a war with Iran, or Russia, or China, ..., is necessary to
guarantee lasting peace in the region and around the world. And
while we're at it, we can just ignore the fact that the Miss Universe
crown might go to a modern upgrade of the Bride of Frankenstein.
It seems to me that the simple answer is to find the serenity to
accept those things we cannot change, courage to change the things we
can, and wisdom to know the difference.
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