Talking

There is a saying often uttered by characters in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones on TV) which I find very apt for the world today: "Words are Wind."

Recently, I overheard a conversation where two people were discussing the "rape problem" our society has. You know the one, where every girl out there has been raped by guys repeatedly since she was old enough to talk? Well, their solution to this societal problem is to "talk about it more". This struck me as absurd, talking about things will not fix anything; but in the minds of these socialists that is the solution to everything.

I wonder why they think this way? Is it because our news organizations focus our attention on what is being said instead of what is being done? Let's take a quick look at todays headlines:

• Trump talks with Macron and Merkel - Talk!
  
• Stephen Colbert Explains Trump Tweets - Talk!
  
• Michael Cohen Has Said He Would Take a Bullet for Trump. Maybe Not Anymore. - Talk!
  
• Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Michael Avenatti Challenges Sean Hannity to On-Air Face-Off - Talk!
  
• Yeti calls NRA claims 'inaccurate' says it has 'unwavering' belief in Second Amendment - Talk!

I just want to put it out there, somebody saying something is not news. I do not want to read quotes from twitter in a newspaper. News should cover actions, things that happen, things people do. If somebody uses twitter to announce a change of government policy, that is news but still a horrible choice of venue for the announcement.

And of course, the honorable mention of the worst set of offenders is given to Reddit, where people sit around talking about what other people said about what some other people said. And then my co-worker comes by and tries to start a conversation about what he read those guys on Reddit saying, and I really have to hold down the urge to break into the action of smashing his computer over his head.

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