Friday, September 30, 2005

Hypocrites, all

We are a nation of hypocrites. We leer at the scantily clad lasses on music videos but want our wives and girlfriends to be pristine and pure. We don't think twice before paying off the cop who flags us down on the road, but we are always indignant when we read about corrupt officials and politicians. We want our cricket team to be the best in the world but believe it's okay to have a physically and mentally unfit captain. We believe it's good to be honest but a little corrupt, devout but a little fanatic, chaste but get a little on the side.

We even have people who shut down their journals and then come back, all righteous and condescending. Some folks can't make up their mind.
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23 comments:

  1. rummyjSeptember 29, 2005 at 11:10 PM

    Hehehe :) You are tres fantastique!

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  2. ruchikapoorSeptember 29, 2005 at 11:40 PM

    We leer at the scantily clad lasses on music videos but want our wives and girlfriends to be pristine and pure.
    I have a problem with the 'pristine and pure' part as well. I don't see why people assume that you're 'showing' all the skin that you're showing because you want someone to look (and that's why you're un-pristine and impure). I might *happen to show* the skin that I'm showing because *I don't want it covered* -- THAT might be the reason you're getting to see it. I might be more comfortable not covering all of myself up when it's 45C outside.

    Basically, if YOU take anything I do as an excuse to act like a horny bastard, it doesn't make ME a slut.

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  3. rparvaazSeptember 30, 2005 at 12:36 AM

    *waves up at the lofty man on a high horse* ;)

    Good to see you back. :)

    Jokes apart, I have long come to the conclusion that most humans need hypocrisy to get by. Brutal honesty about oneself is not everyone's cup of tea.

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  4. madhavSeptember 30, 2005 at 1:56 AM

    Eh?

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  5. moccacinoSeptember 30, 2005 at 2:04 AM

    You gotta write that in 55 words :-"

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  6. ruchikapoorSeptember 30, 2005 at 2:31 AM

    It was directed at you or anything. I just meant that as if the hypocrisy of expecting women to dress like sati-savitris wasn't enough, it's all these assumptions about why women do things that they do, that tick me off.

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  7. ruchikapoorSeptember 30, 2005 at 2:32 AM

    *wasn't

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  8. ggollerkeriSeptember 30, 2005 at 2:41 AM

    Seconded. We might have a winner if you do!

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  9. madhavSeptember 30, 2005 at 2:41 AM

    Oh.

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  10. sigmundfloydSeptember 30, 2005 at 2:55 AM

    :))

    Yay!!!!!!!!!

    Welcome back!

    Now to counter your post ;)

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  11. birdonthewireSeptember 30, 2005 at 3:14 AM

    :-) lol. Anything you say, sir.

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  12. sigmundfloydSeptember 30, 2005 at 3:16 AM

    :))

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  13. sigmundfloydSeptember 30, 2005 at 3:19 AM

    Ah, forget it. Don't suppose you believe any of that yourself!

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  14. rajasenSeptember 30, 2005 at 5:10 AM

    word :)

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  15. jaceSeptember 30, 2005 at 7:23 AM

    Ho hum. WB, etc.

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  16. charlesjSeptember 30, 2005 at 8:06 AM

    Some folks can't make up their mind.

    It's okay. Some of us like having you around.

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  17. eve_l_incarnataSeptember 30, 2005 at 10:21 AM

    I came back all righteous and condescending slightly before you, so... nyah.

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  18. sukuSeptember 30, 2005 at 12:06 PM

    Cheers! From one hypocrite to another ;)

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  19. basryaSeptember 30, 2005 at 1:30 PM

    Life *is* beautiful

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  20. jayasankarvsOctober 1, 2005 at 4:11 AM

    Now we know why you were away.,

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  21. shaluvkOctober 1, 2005 at 3:11 PM

    Czeslaw Milosz - In Black Despair

    In grayish doubt and black despair,
    I drafted hymns to the earth and the air,
    pretending to joy, although I lacked it.
    The age had made lament redundant.

    So here's the question -- who can answer it --
    Was he a brave man or a hypocrite?

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  22. befuzzledOctober 3, 2005 at 2:58 AM

    weelcome back :) lj was getting to be boring.

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  23. suprandiOctober 13, 2005 at 12:07 AM

    tsk tsk The classic Lock and Key problem.

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