GOOD & EVIL

I THINK IT WAS A PORTUGUESE SAYING: "GOD WRITES WITH CROOKED LINES." KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S LOGOS WOULD CERTAINLY SIMPLIFY MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF TRUTH ON WHICH BOTH GOOD AND EVIL EXIST. LIKE CERBERES, LIKE JEKYL AND HYDE, LIKE EVERY COIN, LIKE THE 500,000 SHOPPERS WHO PURCHASED A GARTH BROOKS CD COLLECTION ON BLACK FRIDAY AT WAL-MART CONTRASTED WITH THE SILLY HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS WHO WISH TO DENY FREE CHOICE TO CONSUMERS BY BARRING WAL-MART FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES, GOOD AND EVIL EXIST AS OPPOSING ENTITIES. THEY ALSO EXIST WITHIN HUMAN BEINGS. AN ACTIVIST NAMED EVE CROSSED MY PATH RECENTLY WHEN I CAUGHT HER IN A RECORDED ADDRESS. OUR FIRST MOTHER OF THE SAME NAME WOULD BE ON ONE SIDE OF A COMMEMORATIVE COIN TO WOMANHOOD AND EVE ENSLER WOULD BE ON THE OTHER. EVE ENSLER, OF COURSE, IS THE ORIGINATOR AND PERFORMER OF THE "VAGINA DIALOGUES." I WOULD NEVER USE THE 'V' WORD IN PUBLIC OR MIXED COMPANY WERE I NOT A DOCTOR OR A DEVIATE, BUT EVE HAS TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD FOR YEARS USING THE WORD WITH ITS MULTIPLE, CONCEPTUAL MEANINGS.

EARLY INTO HER PERFORMANCE, EVE MADE 'PERFECT SENSE.' HUMOROUSLY TOO. "GO GIRL", I THOUGHT EMPATHETICALLY. "YOU ARE HELPING ABUSED, MUTILATED AND DEFILED WOMEN AROUND THE GLOBE CHANGE THEIR REALITIES. YOU, WITH YOUR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE BULLY PULPIT OF STAND-UP MONOLOGUES ARE AN INSPIRATION FOR WOMEN TO EMANCIPATE THEMSELVES." FURTHERMORE, MUCH OF WHAT EVE ADDITIONALLY CRITIQUED ABOUT SOCIETY'S OBSESSION WITH BODY IMAGE CORRECTLY ILLUSTRATED THE HYPOCRISY OF PEOPLE MAINTAINING IDEAL FORMS OF THEMSELVES IN THEIR HEADS ALTHOUGH NEVER ACHEIVING THEM DESPITE NARCISSISTIC EFFORTS IN THEIR REAL LIVES.

EVENTUALLY, HOWEVER, EVE FLIPPED. THE GOODNESS AND COMMON SENSE OF HER APPROACH TO SEXUALITY AND SELF-IMAGE WERE COUNTERED BY LIES, EXAGGERATIONS AND ACCUSATIONS IN A NARRATIVE SHE HAD INTERNALIZED AS A RADICAL, ACTIVIST, LIBERAL. FREE CHOICE ALLOWS FOR THIS ALTER EGO OF EVE ENSLER . ORIGINALLY NEITHER EVE NOR ADAM WAS PERFECT. ADVERTISING IS GEARED TO ENCOURAGE SPENDING WHEN SPENDING NEGATES SAVING. SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY IS APPALLED AT THE SLAUGHTER OF CATS AND DOGS FOR FUR IN CHINA BUT HE IGNORES HUMAN RIGHTS' ABUSES BY THE CHINESE IN THE HOMELAND AND IN TIBET. HITLER WAS AN ADEQUATE PAINTER: FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WAS A HEAVY SMOKER. GOOD AND EVIL WITHIN HUMAN BEINGS MUST BE INTELLIGENT DESIGN.