Wednesday, January 27, 2010

What am I to do with these words in college, they must be full of knowledge!

What to do with words? Words are a very, by very or muy in spanish, I mean that words by definition are exceedingly parasitic in nature and have been since the word parasite has been defined. I say this because of the way words are able to infect us, us of course referring to our minds, whatever those are. A topic can be brought to your attention and for some reason this word, topic, fragment of words or even just a simple thought, can basically exist within oneself essentially until the end of time or ones time if adequate memory and interest exists. Words are eternally bonded with us as humans, we are social creatures so words obviously go hand in hand. So are we the parasites feeding off of words or is it the other way around? People or parasites use words to create copious amounts of texts, songs, plays, movies, etc. in order to sell them to create revenue for the most part theses days but I know it was not always such. Many create utterances to simply entertain others, being social creatures that have so much at our finger tips we, I suppose I can only speak for myself, so I are always seeking out something to entertain us. Entertainment easily can be described as a parasite from it's ability to distract you from your task at hand and what you are trying to accomplish. As I write this my room mate and his friends laughter not only entertain me but eat away at me. There laughter reproduces more thoughts as I wonder what made them laugh so uncontrollable. What a wonderful parasite. In the right context everything is a parasite! Oh what you have done! Thinking multi-directional can get you lost in your own context quite rapidly. Let's finish those initial thoughts and put them into con_text, directly into the blank spot.
Why are words so powerful? After all they are just words, but place words together in a certain configuration and you have something that is able to come to life and influence you and your thoughts. The old saying goes "the pen is mightier than the sword" which I have always found to not be falsifiable. Depending on the context of course. If you want to influence other people and become a powerful breeding parasite then you use words, if you want to be a weak minded and create an end then you will use a sword. Cults, Religions, Governments, Clubs, Colleges and communities all became so because of words and their power to influence others. While the sword has only introduced death and pain. Words create more words, they are never ending. Which might be why they are so powerful. The sword doesn't carry on throughout time such as words will, as mentioned today the only two things to survive a thermonuclear apocalypse one being the cockroach and the other being the internet. The internet having seemingly no limit to the amount of words saved into cyberspace as well as pictures which are said to be "worth a thousand words". Maybe I have stumbled upon one of the many reasons behind the saying of the pen is mightier than the sword. One being that they will be around eternally whereas the sword deteriorates and rusts. Another being the influence and power words can have over people. People join cults, religions, clubs etc. due to words, not because someone threatened them with death, which I'm sure exists in some extreme cases. I have always been heavily influenced with words but never really thought of what I can do with them until this class. Extremists and terrorists use both. Osama bin Laden, who I hope is hiding in a small hole just like Saddam was when he was caught, just released another video hoping to incite fear into Americans by saying he praises the christmas underwear bomber and that more attacks are coming. In this context his words would probably be meaningless if he had no sword, but because of the 9/11 attacks I have to take his words literally. Without words I would not be here, wherever here is, right now I am referring to college. This class wouldn't be here, this college would most likely not be here, the buildings would not be complete, I would not have moved here from my hometown if it weren't for words. Words have done so much and will eternally continue to contribute exponentially to not only our social life but to everything our social lives entail. Without language and communication would we have anything? We surely wouldn't possess words to describe the things we would have. What can we do with words? The answer is anything and everything associated to it. That is why the pen is mightier than the sword. Because the sword will continue to do what it was created for, to end someones life. Which I'm most sure the idea of a death instrument spawned from an exchange in words. The sword thus only creates one thing, the end, whereas the word creates an infinite number of ideas, words etc. etc. etc. With our world coming to an end so quickly who has time to use a sword effectively. Words are more infectious than the sword, and thus will always be more mightier and powerful than the sword, until the end of time.

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