Unite for Pluto!
If you have been paying any attention at all to recent galactic politics, you would have heard the stunning news that Pluto has been kicked out of the solar system. And why? Because of nothing but cold hard scientific facts and the pressures of subjective galactic social acceptability standards that dictate that Pluto is just a rock with a moon. Just a rock with a moon without an atmosphere.
And what of bald midgets? Are they not people also? Are we to segrogate them into separate groups and give them numerical names for cataloging purposes? Do we endlessly debate the "humanness" of these individuals? Nay! For the answer is obvious to all.
Maybe Pluto is small, maybe it is cold and maybe it does lack an atmosphere, but is it so hard to keep Pluto as a planet for posterity's sake? After all, it has been one since the 1930s. It must be remembered, though, that nostalgia is not the problem. It is the underlying power that is the problem. First Pluto as a planet. What next? The tooth fairy? We are living in troubled times, my friends, and troubled times call for desperate measures.
Read about and follow the epic campaign for pluto here.
And what of bald midgets? Are they not people also? Are we to segrogate them into separate groups and give them numerical names for cataloging purposes? Do we endlessly debate the "humanness" of these individuals? Nay! For the answer is obvious to all.
Maybe Pluto is small, maybe it is cold and maybe it does lack an atmosphere, but is it so hard to keep Pluto as a planet for posterity's sake? After all, it has been one since the 1930s. It must be remembered, though, that nostalgia is not the problem. It is the underlying power that is the problem. First Pluto as a planet. What next? The tooth fairy? We are living in troubled times, my friends, and troubled times call for desperate measures.
Read about and follow the epic campaign for pluto here.
posted by Cyphoid at 6:41 AM
5 Comments:
I am personally sad about this. I was also downhearted for Charon, Xena, and Ceres, having come so close to gaining planet status only to have their brother Pluto thrown out the door and that same proverbial door slammed in all their faces. We will miss you, little ice cube!
Hey, Pluto hasn't been kicked out of the Solar system nor is it gone. It has simply lost the honor of being a planet. Sad as it might be, just remember that Pluto still exists and hasn't changed at all. All that's changed is the way scientists will now regard it.
The funny thing is, Mickey Mouse didn't need to be a scientist to decided that Pluto wasn't a planet. This is old news to him!
You know, we used to play a game on our old Commodore 64 that was called "Mickey Mouse In Space." I think he wound up on Pluto! Really! but I think we had a glitch in the program, and couldn't get beyond a cave... So sad! I liked telling Mickey to pet his dog. It made Pluto happy.
Sorry. Yes, it is sad that Pluto isn't a planet anymore. Scientists can never make up their minds! IT's like "Eggs are good for you." "Eggs are bad for you."
Yes. Booooo scientific community.
Jen
Yes, I was extremely sad to hear of Pluto's declassification. In the words of the widow of Pluto's discoverer,
Planet or not, it's still there! But I do wish those scientists would find something more useful to do with their time!
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