Uh?

jon laa wrote on September 18th, 2009, 11:14 am

It’s difficult to write what I want to write in a public space lest somebody reads it and lest somebody gets annoyed, which is really not what I intended.

Of course what I have in mind is nothing good, glamorous, and others may question why do I even want to say it. Freedom of speech, no? But I think expression is a more apt word.

Either way, I am glad he didn’t end up at the top. I feel that the bare minimum requirement to be the best, or one of the best, is to be able to look at the world from multiple perspectives. I feel that people who are quick to judge, who distinctively identify right and wrong with no shades of grey, are people who will fail to see another person’s life enough to make sense out of it. They can only pretend to understand, only through imagination, and cannot see beyond the skin.

On the other end of the spectrum, we have people who are more sincere, more embracing who tend to be a little retarded. But I wonder if they make themselves no better than the former? I doubt so. For one, they are better listeners and I will think they more earnestly try to understand rather than to earnestly pretend they understand.

Gah.

I don’t like people to tell me I am wrong. I am fine with people who feels, thinks I am inferior and make it known. That comes with some sort of confidence, maybe ego, but it demonstrates enough guts for my liking. But to tell me I am wrong for starters are bad ideas. To begin with, what is right? And is there perfection? If not, how do you get right? Maybe you have a more right, but that doesn’t make another wrong.

Less narrow people in the world, please. More people who are slow to judge, people who can host open discussions without jumping to a judgement. I really dislike it when others decide for me what is right or wrong, I’d rather they keep it to themselves. If you have to say it, add a modifier - “I think you are wrong” or “maybe you are wrong”, of which I would be less offended by.

Do not, do not, ever tell me, “then you are wrong.”