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The Other Side

May 8th 2006 in Society

Osama bin Laden: He sucks and we hate him. But have we never known ourselves to be unreasonable, even cruel, irrational, hypocritical, etc.? (No, I am NOT sympathising with Mr. Bin Laden.)

Talk of reservations, we talk about reserving seats for women-folk. Why dont we then say that this wud be unfair for men, and let the competition be open? But when it comes to SCs, STs etc, we get those voices in our head talking of justice, equality. And their %age is more than 50%. Besides, one cant expect tht reservations for women wont be misused. (Pls note, I am NOT supporting reservations.)

What does this tell us about ourselves? Tht the motive of every single person is to use the society. There is no harm in it. The institution of society was built for this very purpose. But society has certain demands. Dont bear injustice, definitely no. But understand it and ask for justice only when u can give it.


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“The Other Side”
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    kumar

    Am not commenting
    huh
    :P


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    divi

    den should d dictum of “survival of the fittest” should be followe?!
    m askin all


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    Kalyani

    For the answer, lets try to see wat gave birth to the concept of society: the theory of ‘live and let live’. Its all based on a sense of compromise. We help others coz we expect others to do so too, some or the other time, even tho we may not realise it.
    Fitness is of various types. Till the time we were uncivilised, it was only mental and physical. Now there are financial, social types. We dont go about eliminating the rare unfit coz we dont want to create a feeling of insecurity in others, towards ourselves.


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    Rahul

    I raised a similar point with the helmet article. Why are women exempted from wearing helmets?

    But Kalyani its all about fighting for the right thing. I don’t support reservation and never will. But if there is some kind of reservation for me, I will not think twice before utilizing it. You’re right when you say that the motive of every person is to use society. Somebody’s loss is someone’s gain.

    And in their hearts the OBC’s know its unfair to the general category.

    Nobody is selfless. Everyone looks for an oppurtunity to make his/her life better and to raise their own standard of living. Its not the survival of the fittest. Its not live and let live. Its free-for-all. Take all you can, grab the oppurtunity when it comes. Keep quiet if the environment is conducive to you otherwise raise your voice. Its simply SURVIVAL!!


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    softykid

    hi buddy, where is my comment yaar.i droped twice.but ……….


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    Rahul

    I’m really sorry. I had installed some plugins to combat spam but they didn’t function they had to and messed up a lot.


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