Word Limits

Write a post on word limits.  Please take no more than 400 words.  You are allowed to deviate.

I’m writing a 1500 word philosophy essay at the last minute tonight, and I’m over the word count.  Do I care?  Not particularly.  Word counts annoy me.  In an ideal world, the number of words you use should be the number of words you need – no more, no less.  If someone is stupid enough to submit an essay of 100 words, then that’s their own fault.  Darwin’s Natural Selection will weed out the academic gene pool.  Just like natural selection will weed out the stupid kids from the not-so-stupid ones – that is what roads outside of schools are for, to get rid of the dumb ones!  And yet our government makes us slow down to a crawl outside every school.

The bane of my existence

And yes, once I have kids, I’m sure I’ll feel differently – but then I’ll be biased.  Just like power corrupts even the most honest of us, so do children corrupt our evolutionary viewpoints.  And no, I’m not suggesting that everyone go around targeting school children with their large SUV’s (I would never suggest that – not online anyways…), but we did survive as a country without the ridiculous speed limits near schools – it wasn’t all that long ago they were introduced, if I recall – during my lifetime, so that’s within the last twenty years (even though I’m only ten and holding).

Natural Selection in action - if you don't like it, blame Darwin

But perhaps my irritation at having to slow down is unfounded.  Perhaps I should take a “chill pill” (I hear they’re all the rage with polar bears), take things down a few notches, loosen up a bit, not worry about getting wherever I’m going in the shortest amount of time possible.

There is a simple solution, that will allow me to travel through school zones at the speed I want, and for the children to be protected – run school at night.  What else have the kids got to do?  Stay up and watch the horrendous advertisements on TV late at night?  And with the kids gone, and the parents home from work, more fun can be had by all.  Think of the boost in the population.  Think of the boost in the economy (especially with this recession).  Think of the boost to the world!  I see no disadvantages here.

Now to finish my essay…