3 CONTRADICTIONS

THREE CASES FIT PRECISELY INTO THE CONTRADICTORY PUZZLE OF OUR TIMES. AT ISSUE IN THE GOOGLE CASE IS THE RIGHT OF THE U.S. TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET, WHILE SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THIS ISSUE OF PROTECTION, HOWEVER, IS THE TOTAL LACK OF PROTECTION PARENTS AND CHILDREN HAVE FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE MEDIA, MTV AND THE GENERAL CULTURE WHICH DAILY AND UNABASHEDLY PROMOTE PORNOGRAPHY AND PROMISCUITY.

NEXT IS THE CASE OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, REGARDED AS AN ARCHITECTURAL GENIUS OF STONE AND NATURE. DISREGARDING THE SHODDINESS OF HIS 'BRILLIANT' CREATIONS, MR. WRIGHT IRONICALLY, WOULD NEVER HAVE GARNISHED NOTORIETY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE BENEFICENCE OF MOTHER NATURE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH AWESOME SETTINGS FOR HIS WORKS. FURTHERMORE, ANY NOVICE OBSERVER ( I COUNT MYSELF HERE ) OF WRIGHT'S STRUCTURES CAN READILY CONCEDE THAT THE USE OF STONE SLABS, PLATFORMS AND LINEAR FORMS HAVE BEEN MOST ELEGANTLY AND DRAMATICALLY EMPLOYED FOR CENTURIES BY BRIDGE BUILDERS. THEY WERE THE GENIUSES AT RE-CREATING NATURE.

THIRD IS THE CASE OF ARIEL SHARON OF ISRAEL, NOW ON LIFE SUPPORT IN A COMA AND - MIGHT I SAY- A PERMANENT VEGETATIVE STATE. HE HAS BEEN MOVED TO A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY. NO TALK, NO EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO FACILITATE HIS PASSING. WHY? IN CONTRAST, TERRY SCHIAVO'S DISMISSAL WAS DECIDED BECAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SHE SPOKE FROM BEYOND HER UNRESPONSIVE 'GRAVE' OF HER AVERSION TO A USELESS LIFE. SHARON LIVES; SHE WAS TERMINATED.