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absurd The Wright Brothers were being absurd when they tried to fly. Men can t fly! Only birds can fly! The Earth goes around the Sun? Absurd! Simply periodically look up at the sky throughout the day and you can see clearly that the Sun travels around the Earth. The Earth is round? Then people not on the top should be pulled off sideways, but I ve travels hundreds of miles and I m always pulled down. Besides, you can see the surface isn t curved. What absurd poppycock is this? ( Absurd It s funny how things spiral out of control sometimes. Perhaps even funnier is the way perceptions drastically alter with the benefit or stigma of hindsight. What is not quite so funny, however, is the method in which journalistic sensationalism can not only shape the perceptions of the future but also distort the events of the past and in effect manufacture a new hindsight for a context which previously had not existed. The story of the German band Absurd is full of these twists and turns, and it forces us to question our fundamental assumptions about responsible representation in the media and free speech in general.