You Didn't Listen And Now You Will All Die. Hahaha

It all started on January 28, 1986. The Challenger spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, making history as one of the most successful launches ever. Yay! Nope, just kidding. It failed horribly. No more than a minute after it left the ground, it exploded into a beautiful ensemble of flames, smoke, and debris. All because one guy decided the patience of American citizens was not the greatest, and the possibility of losing one life was nothing. It came down to this: Somebody knew there was something wrong with the spacecraft and didn't say anything or, if they did, their warnings were ignored. That story is in great similarity to Cassandra's cursed life. Cassandra was the Trojan princess whose confusing warnings were ignored, leading to the downfall of Troy. Technically, it wasn't her fault. Cassandra was just a normal Trojan princess until she caught Apollo's eye. If you don't know who Apollo is, what have you been doing with your life? Anyways, Apollo gave her the gift of prophecy but cursed her when she pretty much refused to have sex with him. He cursed her so nobody would believe her prophecies. Another problem was when she was making her fancy shmancy prophecies, she spoke in the prophet language, which was super confusing. I don't understand why she couldn't have repeated her prophecy in a normal language after. If I were Cassandra, it wouldn't matter if I was cursed. I'd be smart enough to know nobody could understand what prophecy I was making, and then translate. Everybody would believe me. Such a simple solution, but whatever. So Cassandra makes a prophecy about how the horse was not a gift and if they accepted it they would all die, but everyone was like "Yeah, whatever. Shut up, Cassandra. You're a liar and we do what we want." They pretty much all died. Hahahahaha. An example of an effective Cassandra would be Andrew Natsios. He talked to members of the Bush administration about escalating violence in Sudan. He was effective because instead of just warning them, he was able to show further escalation with hundreds of thousands of people dead. He commissioned a study to predict how many more would die if the U.S. didn't step in. Andrew got pictures of villages being burnt. Another edge he had on Cassandra was he was close to several presidents, including Bush. Over the next several years, the U.S supplied billions of dollars to Sudan, just in time. So, the lesson of this story is, be straightforward with your warnings, make sure everybody can understand what you're trying to say, and don't just say something, do something. Okay, if you made it to the end of my post, congratulations. You have very good taste.