A vendor is trying to hawk invincible spears and shields at the same time. In praising both items -spears which would pierce any shield and shields which would block any spear- he is presented with this paradox, "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?"
These entities cannot exist in the same universe.
With such a vivid image, 矛盾 (spear-shield) has become a commonly used word meaning contradiction.
Isn't it incomparably awesome?
(自家撞着 is used to note self-contradiction)
1. Resolved, by this Council that we build a new Jail.
ReplyDelete2. Resolved, that the new Jail be built out of the materials of the old Jail.
3. Resolved, that the old Jail be used until the new Jail is finished.