Precautionary Absurdity

Charlie Todd The shared experience of absurdity

Twitter is a good example of absurdity.

Now think of the absurdity of this situation.

Let this Council see through that diversion and the very absurdity it represents.

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

Any linkage or subordination of humanitarian personnel to any given military force in the field was an absurdity which not only violated the established principles of humanitarian assistance but also jeopardized the safety of the providers of such assistance.

To judge by Tsipras s belligerence, he firmly believes that Europe needs Greece as desperately as Greece needs Europe. This is the true absurdity in the present negotiations, and Tsipras misapprehension of his bargaining power now risks catastrophe for his country, humiliation for his Syriza party, or both.

But let s be reasonable the absurdity of Italy s presence in the G 8, together with the lack of official membership for countries such as China, India, and Brazil, is no longer acceptable or tenable. Yet, because of that anomaly, Europe suffers from a grave deficit of legitimacy and presence internationally.

Algeria's proposal, to partition the disputed territory was a political absurdity because it irrevocably separated individuals, families and tribes and divided a Territory that was an integral whole the aim was not to confer rights on the people involved but rather to satisfy those who wanted an independent republic separate from Morocco.

And I realized that, you know, Italy is a place where they can accept these different ideologies and deal with diversity and not have the problem, or they can choose to ignore them, but these you don't have warring factions, and I think that maybe the tolerance of the absurdity which has made Italy so innovative and so tolerant.