Black and White

Image via WikipediaChannel 7's Sunrise program presented a segment on "Why Dads should be banned from the delivery room." Sometimes you can't help thinking you can make an argument for anything. And someone will, sooner or later.

Black and White
I can make the argument that black is the same as white, for example.

"Black and white" is used to describe an attitude, perspective, or understanding of a topic. In this commonly used context, it doesn't matter which is "black" or "white".
"Black" by itself has a negative connotation emotionally and racially. Other than to describe the color, the word is rarely used. The same can be said for "white." The racial connotation is socially unacceptable, even implying racism. The word is used more commonly than "black" to describe color only because of the broad use of the term "white goods."
The only other common use of the terms "black" and "white" is to "put it down in black and white" which means to clearly state something or write it down. In the modern world, it really doesn't matter what color the text is however. It could just as often be white text, or blue, or green, or any other color.
Therefore realistically, the terms "black" and "white" other than the often misused abstract colors, the terms "black" and "white" are equivalent in use, which is the only meaningful definition after all.

What do you think? Is it semantics - the use of words - the only thing that's important? or is it a dictionary definition which only marginally describes the meaning of the words in the real world?

The arguments presented above are intentionally provocative. Often, I think the same is true for many of the ideas presented in the media, too. Anything that sounds different or contradicts accepted perceptions is attractive to the media -like the topic of the report to ban dads from the delivery room.
The whole point is to grab attention. At some point, you have to think for yourself and be practical.

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Green Pee for St Patrick's Day

This is completely off topic, but it's been a long day of research and frustration.
I've always thought of the news as a kind of conversation. As if one writer were talking to another. Looking at one comment then the next, you can find some interesting viewpoints, perspectives, and even a little intuition about what may happen.

St Patrick's Day was this week. So a couple of articles from the Treehugger blog caught my eye.
First was "Global Warming Could Turn Emerald Isle Brown".
Seems the Irish American Climate Project is predicting bog bursts (- The Earth has to release gas in Ireland like everyone else. -) will become more frequent; some of the Emerald Isle will become more like the Mediterreanean (- Bronzed Irish sounds like baked carrot to me. -); and the fabled Irish potato may fail as a commercial crop.
Another potato famine could mean a lot more Irish in New York. - That's good or bad, depending on your ethnic view, I suppose.

The other article from the Treehugger blog was "Drinkpee: Waste = Food DIY Kit and Exhibition on Now in NYC".
This one made me sit up a little. In fact, I made a quick dash to the toilet to relieve my morning coffee.
Pee may soon be too valuable to flush.
Swiss scientists say:

"85-90% of the nitrogen and 50-80% of the phosphorus are concentrated in the urine. These nutrients are desirable in agriculture, but not in waterbodies."

In other words, save your pee. It may feed the world.

The conversation between these two articles made me think someday we may all be urged to come to the Emerald Isle to pee on the potatoes - and the fields and bushes too. The Emerald Isle may shine under a new light (- fluorescent blue?).
All under the slogan: Take a Green Pee for St Patrick's day!

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