Monday, April 19, 2004

If misery loves company, does esctacy crave solitude?

All sensible people are selfish is still one saying I stick to. I suspect it may have been an Oscar Wilde quote but even if it isn't, what does it matter? Even people who are really religious, they're selfish too. They do all these good deeds to garuntee themselves a place in heaven. Even people who do you favours and ask for nothing in return are just accumulating 'I owe you one's from you to use later on when they need a whopper and there's no way you can refuse. So what it comes down to is this: Nobody can lecture anyone else on being selfish, especially not me. Everybody is selfish, period. We all look out for number one. Even if we commit acts of bravery, say your house is on fire and you save someone you love without caring for your own life, heck that's selfish too. Because you save the person simply because you need them in some way. Emotionally, mentally, physically, financially, or in any number of ways, you're dependent on that person. Even if you save someone you hate or are indifferent to, you do it to show what a big man you are. 'Look, I hate/am indifferent to said person, yet I risk all to save them. Admire me now!'. Still selfish.

So what I'm getting at with all this is that nobody has the goddamn right to call me selfish. If you choose to exist in the delusion that you are Mother Theresa and as selfless as they come, fine. Just don't force your crap on me and I won't force mine on you.

Another thing that exasperates me is when perfectly logical, sensible people drag religion into every argument/discussion. 'My religion teaches me ABC hence I must do ABC. No there is no room for discussion on this becasue my religion tells me to do ABC..." and so on. People like F. Any discussion going on, God and religion must be dragged into it. Highly insensitive, especially since there are many people in our class who are not Muslims. MAK is a similiar example. He's a teacher and I admire his zeal for his religion, but the height of unprofessionalism is preaching on class time. We're not paying for Islamiat lessons here, we're here to learn some programming. I can see why religion is banned from schools in some countries. I know if I weren't a Muslim, I'd be pretty hurt at the constant jabs reminding me that I'm different from the rest of the class in this one respect and always will be.

Misha at Monday, April 19, 2004

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