Thursday, November 16, 2006

Shootings, the police and a mystery

A few minutes ago I heard shootings in my area. They were no shootings of the hunters who usually come near but different. I called the police immediately because it just was extremely weird. I also heard cries. For a moment I asked myself whether it was fireworks.

If I try to just record the event, I heard a series of booms, 3-3 or 6-6 or it could have been more. When the police arrived and I narrated to them what I heard it dawned on me that it could have been an exchange of shooting. The first party shoots 6 times, then the second replies. And this goes on for at least 4 times. They are now off to search, and I am curious if they will find something.

Mystery solved... it was a wedding!!! OMG. They were shooting again and again and I called again the police. It was someone who was getting married and though he should celebrate with shootings... for gods sake....

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

The Worth of Dialogue

There are some people who are used to practicing the following technique when you ask them a question: They reply by saying something, which does not relate to the question. I knew that politicians and a few journalists are into this technique. But as I keep meeting people I also see that more and more are starting to use this. This usually applies to people that have a certain position.

Well to me this is just a sign of dishonesty, of being a coward and of not having an opinion of ones own. I despise people who are not able to communicate with other people and just keep saying what they want to say. The point in communication is mutual exchange of information. It is an insult and lack of respect towards your interlocutor if you ignore their point of view by not relating it with your thoughts and answers. It also shows that you cannot afford being confronted with something which you obviously cannot handle.

It is so rare nowadays to find a person with which you can lead a really peaceful, logical, and interactive argumentative dialogue because everyone is fixed on their own world of thoughts unable or unwilling to open up to anything else. Maybe we should learn to concentrate more on ideas and less on our self.