the heel press

Three guys sat around in a circle.

There's three things you gotta realize about this situation. First, nukes are a completely defensive weapon. When you know that so many countries have them, especially your enemies, you know that you will probably never use those nukes. If Iran were to nuke Israel, can you imagine the immediate and absolute annihilation of the Iranian land, people and culture? Do you think Iran has any chance against the west? The west, who wouldn't deliberate for one second to completely wipe Iran off the map. It would all be justified.

Second, economic sanctions only serve to starve the people of a country, not its rulers. You can see this in Iraq. Where was Saddam after 10 years of economic sanction? In his fucking palace, as if he gave a fuck, living with every excess imaginable. It was the people in the streets who were starving, as armed guards stood at borders to disallow any sort of goods from entering the country. We see Saddam in his palace, we see his palace. How do we justify the sanctions? Some would say it's a ploy to cause unrest among the people and hope for some sort of internal uprising. Where those rebels would get weapons and economic support, I have no idea.

Third, all this talk has nothing to do with nuclear weapons. It has to do with resources, defiance and strategic military positioning to keep China in check.

Mr Pink looked at Mr White and what he had just said, he felt uncomfortable about the conversation that would follow. Mr Orange looked at Mr White and what he has just said as well, but he was more eager to consider it.

There's three things you have to understand about this situation. First, of the three misters that sat in the circle, each had at least one parent born in Iran, if not all grandparents, and for each, the Iranian culture was at least somewhat infused in his life. Each tried to dispel the notion that this might have been creating any sort of bias in his views.

Second, each could chart the exact path of the next statement. They all knew eachother, and knew well how the other two thought.

Third, the three were weary of fighting. Numerous disputes in the past had brought them nowhere but back to the same places. Not to say they acted with caution, but they were willing to concede, and let him who thinks as he may, think as he may,

It's a scary situation.

Mr Orange looked at the other two. His eyes were glazed.

What do you think your biggest fear is. He said to Mr Pink.

My biggest fear? He contemplated. Failure, my biggest fear is failure.

What does that mean? What would happen if you failed?

I'd be average. I don't wanna be average.

But what is average? How do you become average?

You know, when you don't succeed. When you haven't done anything.

When is that though? When do you know that you are average?

When you have failed. When do you know that you have failed? When you are average. When are you average? When you have failed. When have you failed? When you are average. When are you average? When you have failed.

You have failed at not being average, which is defined by failure.

What about you? What's your biggest fear?

Man, I'd have to say death.

Yeah, death. It's gotta be death. Mr White now threw in 2 cents.

Do you wonder, why death is so scary, and why everyone fears it? Asked Mr Orange. He then answered his own question. I think, it's because it is the completely unknown. We know nothing about death, because no one can ever tell us. Man, how do you feel when you know you're dying, and how in the world would you ever be able to tell anyone that? It's almost like the limit of our knowledge, not to even speak of knowing what would come after.

You know what I think, said Mr White. I think it's so scary because you are absolutely and completely alone.

Yes, yes. That's the reason. That is the reason, I agree. I take back my point. Said Mr Orange. Then each receded into his own lonliness. There was silence for a while.

Oh man, let's stop thinking about this stuff. It gets too crazy. Said Mr White

Yeah let's stop. The other two agreed.

Did you guys ever do that thing when you were young where you'd look at something through one eye, with the other one closed. Then quickly switch to the other eye, and watch the thing in your sight jump from side to side. Did you guys ever used to do that? Said Mr White.

Hahaha, Oh my god yes. Yeah man, I used to do that shit. Said Mr Pink. I used to do so much stupid stuff like that when I was younger. They all laughed and agreed.

Try this, I use to try to think of a bicycle riding across my mind. And I would say to myself 'make the bicycle ride smoothly, and don't let it trip over.' And I couldn't do it. It was in my mind that the bicycle must not fall. So it would fall every time.

No way, lemme try. He tried, then he started to laugh. Then he tried again and he laughed again. You're right, said Mr White, I can't do it. They all then tried each of them, and each of them failed, then laughed.

When a point in a circle has found its diametrical opposite, then the ball can get rolling. The opposite of each of the misters sat between the other two misters. Directly in front of each in the circle. The imaginary opposites sat in the same circle and found that it was no problem to imagine a bicycle riding along a smooth surface.

See, said Mrs Orange, the Iranians want nuclear weapons, I mean, cmon, they want the weapons I think it's pretty clear. But the point is the Iranians want nuclear weapons because they are afraid that they will be invaded by the US soon. On top of that, the US wants to invade Iran because they are afraid the Iranians will develop nuclear weapons soon. I think both of them can be valid fears. As long as one of them acts on her fear, then the other's fear becomes legitamite.

If the Iranians fear the invasion, they start to develop nuclear weapons, the US becomes scared that Iran will develop nuclear weapons, they start to plan an invasion, the Iranians now have further fear of an invasion, they continue to try and develop the weapons, the US now can further legitimize its fear, they continue to plan an invasion, the Iranians are even more afraid now, the research into nuclear power continues, the US is now even more afraid, the plans for invasion continue.

So I don't get it Mrs Orange, who are you trying to defend, asked Mrs Pink.

No, I'm not trying to defend either one. I think that they're either both right or both wrong.

It's either both or neither, but not one or the other alone. What's important is that the point is matched with its diametrical opposite, and now the ball can get rolling. One causes the other, and the other causes the one.

Mr White was sent into a spiral of contemplation, eyebrows furled. He wasn't sure he agreed with everything said. He didn't think that one could infer universal truths and mystic expressions from so many assumptions.

Mr Pink thought he might have agreed if he thought about it more.

Mr Orange wasn't sure of it himself, but he thought it sounded really great how his opposite had painted such a nice thought on the canvas of her tongue. He wasn't sure if it was right, but he thought it was such a pretty portrait.

There's three things one must understand about this situation. First, as Mr Pink sat in idle observation, what he did not observe was Mrs Pink sitting directly across from him. The thought of Mrs Pink had never crossed his mind, and the neglected opposite sat, herself, in a melancholic silence.

Second, Mr White also sat. And as he sat, he contemplated his opposite sitting across from him. She watched him shyly, but he couldn't look her in the eyes. Either I am real, or my opposite is real, and I know I am real. She can't be legit, and I can't accept her. An acceptance of the opposite meant a denial of the self. A certain mutual fear dominated the relationship.

Third, Mr Orange and Mrs Orange looked eachother in the eyes. They had once been afraid of eachother too. Now they were used to eachother's company. Their thought was, either both of us are real, or neither of us are real, but not one or the other alone, and I know I am real. Of the same token, they either loved and hated eachother at the same time, or they felt neither for eachother. But never either emotion alone. They got along nonetheless, and a mutual confusion dominated their relationship.