Ironic Decency
Isn't it ironic how some people will justify their immoral choices by applying labels to themselves having to do with freedom, privacy, prejudice, or decency?
This week
George Takei came out of the closet and admitted that he is gay. "The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay," he said. Yeah... back when he actually must have had moral convictions of some kind.
Now he says that prejudice against gays is "against basic decency and what American values stand for." It's awful ironic that he uses the "decency" label when it's not even fitting. His statement says that his lifestyle and everyone's appreciation of it IS "basic decency," which is blatantly untrue.
It's a sad day when "basic decency and American values" mean encouraging homosexuality.
Ironic Dogs
Isn't it ironic that the traits people value the most in dogs reduce their lifespan?
Purebreds have requirements designated by the
AKC if they are to be considered true purebreds. Certain characteristics are peculiar to their race and allow them to be called purebreds. And yet it's the mutts that live the longest. By perpetuating purebred lines, dog lovers are reducing their pets' lifespans.
Ironic English
Isn't it ironic that departments of education can correct for students not meeting standardized test requirements by simply lowering the requirements?
This is True reported that:
Britain's Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has decreed that secondary students must not be penalized for misspellings when taking an important hour-long test -- on English proficiency. The spelling standard was loosened when only 71 percent of 14-year-old students managed to "reach the level expected in English" against a target of 75 percent. (London Telegraph) ...Nt srprsng thx 2 txt msgs.
I've heard of similar things happening in the States, too, but it sure is ironic that standards aren't really standards and what we consider levels of competency are so easily altered. A Sign Of The Times.
Ironic License
Isn't it ironic that some people are pushing for using state Driver's Licenses to be used for identification in voting and forcing these licenses to become almost a national ID, while in California today their state senate approved bill SB60 to allow illegal aliens to get a driver's license?
Sure they need to be trained if they're driving on California highways, but that throws federal immigration laws out the window. Let's give illegal aliens benefits! Forget enforcing immigration laws and deporting them! Let's welcome them and give them a license? What the hell are the California state senators thinking?? If we can find them to give them a license, why can't we find them to deport them? Or at least to make them follow proper procedures for entering our country! Instead we'll reward lawbreakers! Great! That's the American Way!
Ironic Happiness
Isn't it ironic how nothing can be purely joyful? There always seems to be some sadness mixed in. You can't have something good without something bad, something happy without something sad (there's a song there, somewhere).
Just when you feel that you've conquered the school year, you realize you have to say goodbye to your friends. Just when you think "this person that I recently met is very special," you find out they've screwed up their life or have terribly annoying habits. Just when you think the summer rain is nice, lightening hits a pole near your house and you loose power. For every happy thing that happens in your life, it seems there's got to be a downside. Why can't anything just be purely happy?
Ironic Beliefs
Isn't it ironic how we treat Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and God the same way?
We don't physically see any of them, so belief in their existence is a matter of faith. Proving their existence becomes an argument that can't be ultimately proven in this life. We also have some basic expectations of them, and if they don't act, we take things into our own hands and act "on their behalf."
In some ways, how we relate to any of them (or fairies or house elves or other folkloric beings) is the same. We don't see them, but we've always been told that they exist. Their relationship to us is usually limited to one particular facet of life or one day of the year or something, and if we don't see them acting the way we would expect, we give the gifts ourselves or hope we had the blessing of God and act anyway... that kind of thing. While I do believe in God and don't mean to belittle him, it IS rather ironic how we act the same way toward him as we do toward these other entities.
Ironic Waiting
Isn't it ironic how we'd rather move backwards than sit and wait?
As an example, if we have to sit in our cars waiting for a long train, we often decide to turn around and try another way. No matter that the tracks cross our paths SOMEwhere or that we're going backwards and sideways and taking a long route. It probably would take us more time to get where we're going by trying to find an alternate route without a train than it would to just sit and wait for the train to pass.
I think this applies to life as well. If we feel we have to wait for something before moving forward, why do we think it would be better to take "two steps back" or look for an alternate route instead of patiently waiting for what we know we really want? It's like we'd rather spin our wheels than move slowly forward.
