Robots
1.17.5
Every now and then, while driving down the street, I will see something that really makes me think, "Wow...If only I had a camera right now!"
Sometimes it's a funny sign. Sometimes it's a beautiful girl. Sometimes it's a car fire. Sometimes, however, it's something like this:
That's right...two days ago, I was fortunate enough to bear witness to several people walking down the street dressed as robot protesters. They held various signs pleading for the rights of robots everywhere.
It's these kinds of random occurrences that truly make life worth living. I enjoy knowing that, at any moment, I might be confronted with something so absurd that I can't help but smile. Something that might even give me a little something to think about for awhile.
Right now, I'm wondering just exactly what these kids were up to. If they were trying to make a point...it was lost on me. I couldn't even begin to tell you their reasons for doing something like this.
My best guess right now is that this display had something to do with the holiday today. It is, after all, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Was that it? Were they trying to, in some roundabout way, incite feelings of unity in the hearts of everyone who drove down Buckley Rd. that day? Was that the point they were trying to make? That it doesn't matter if you're white, black, or even silver? That we should all just get along?
It's possible.
But...
What if there had been a much more insidious plot at work here? Perhaps these weren't teenaged good Samaritans at all. It occurred to me later, that there was something very wrong here. The idea that this many white suburban kids would act out such a vague metaphor about racial equality two days before Martin Luther King Jr. Day is even observed...well, it just doesn't fly.
What if it were a diversion?
What if these were not humans dressed as robots at all? What if they were robots, dressed as humans, dressed as robots? What if this was the beginning of an all-out robot resistance? Just take a look at the following picture:
It seems innocent enough...I know. I thought so too, until I looked past the aluminum foil covered bicycle helmet, and truly started investigating. It was then that I noticed the credit to the "quote" on the sign.
HAL
HAL? If a group is trying to promote peace and unity, then why would they want to quote the homicidal computer from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey?" Hell, if it's peace and unity you're going for, then why quote that awful movie at all? It doesn't make any sense.
This is big, I tell you. Believe me when I say this: One day the history books will refer to January 15th, 2005, as the day the war truly began. The question is...who's books will we be reading? Ours...
Or theirs?
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
