I've always thought the opposite of blue is red. My life became a little more complete yesterday when I finally saw a red 1969 Ford station wagon similar to the blue one my parents had when I was 5.
Wouldn't opposite totally depend on personal concept? The Cowboy was the opposite of the "Indian" back in the days of movie westerns. However, they both lived off the land, killed to eat, and rode horses. Nowadays, I don't hink you'll see a movie depicting Ute's or Awhaga's as a murderous, scalping clan.
If we talk about opposites according to personal concept, there are plenty of things with no opposite (radio, nerf balls), but if braindamage is right, then there is nothing without an opposite. The opposite would be for that to simply not exist. In which case, the opposite would also be moot because if something doesn't exist, neither does its opposite.
I think the black v. white thing works, though, if I've been told right. White is the absence of all colors. Black is the presence of all colors.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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