Actually this is more of a reply to one of my friend's blogs.. I actually started this as a comment but it got so long that I just thought of posting it as a blog.. Now to understand what am blabberin about, you first gotta check out Harish's blog..
Harish had said that he doesnt believe in good or bad/just or unjust.. He says that good- bad divide was created by man.. God has no hand in this..
It's true that God certainly wanted everyone to be good.. 'n it was evident initially in the Garden of Eden..wherein Adam 'n Eve were very happy to just be together 'n it would have gone on like that if Mr. Devil didnt intervene... but come to think of it's not that bad either coz if Adam hadnt had that apple we guys wont be here to debate on the issue of good 'n bad.. So this shows good 'n bad go hand in hand.. For every good thing that happens there's something bad happenin somewhere else.. it's that bad thing that makes the good look so good to us, maybe..
What I really mean is whether something is good or bad / just or unjust.. it depends on one's point of view.. what's good for me may be bad for someone else.. Like we consider HItler as cruel 'n unjust but there are lotsa ppl who believe that whatever he did was just.. we have wars 'n stuff .. when we kill our enemies it seems just to us but from their point of view we were downright cruel.. so its very difficult to say what is good or wot is bad..
But I feel that there are certain things that cant be justified at all.. like people killin for no rhyme or reason.. children being abused.. women gettin raped.. people havin fun at the expense of others misery cant be called anythin else other than B.A.D.. bad!!!
'n coming back to Parikshit's story people tend to associate the lion 'n the jackal with enlightenment 'n darkness resp. on the basis of the verbs or actions that follow.. This was really a grammatical association rather than spiritual..:) 'n I dont think it had anythin to do with the lion or jackal's character.. here we are not judging who's good or bad.. anyways have never thought that lions or tigers or for tht matter any wild animal tht kills is bad coz they dont kill for fun but for survival..
Its just an example 'n it has to be believable so as to get the message through... I dont think so Parikshit would have got the message thru with an example like "when a rat enters the jungle the lion flees.." it's not believeable at all unless 'n until the rat has drunk the magic potion made by Getafix.. :)
Am I makin sense.. I dont think so.. I do have this bad habit of over explainin.. you know in school my ma'm used to cut marks in paragraph writin coz I almost always used to exceed the 100 words limit.. So I should put a full stop here.. 'n one more thing am pretty bad with punctuations.. so please bear with me.. am more on the lines of.. The PANDA EATS, SHOOTS and LEAVES.. So whereever I missed out on the comma or colon or the likes please imagine it to be there 'n read on..
Merci beaucoup...
3 comments:
The PANDA EATS, SHOOTS and LEAVES..
That was hillarious!!!!!
But I do agree that there are always 2 sides to a story.... History is always written by the winners...
I saw this movie... dont rem the name.. it was abt a group of angels trying to find out the name of 'anti-christ'- the child that was to trigger the armageddon(or the end of the world). They intend to kill the child and prevent the world's end. The heroine of the movie holds the book that contains the name. The movie has this conversation she has with the devil. She asks the devil, why he's helping her. He says he wants the world to end, coz then there'll be more souls ending up in hell-his realm.
God wants the world to end, coz that was his plan. The devil wants the same thing too, but for diff reasons. So in someway, good and bad aren't that diff, but aren't the same either. It's all in perception. :)
@Tina : agreed. A good example there.
And i also liked that "PANDA..." part. :)
@ Smitha : "I thought , you said" kinda thing here.
in that blog i have written a line in tamil, at the end.
"Onaaya irundu paatha than anda nyayam theriyum".
I need to explain this.There was a mom carrying her baby through the forest.She was suddenly attacked by a pack of wolves.These wolves killed the baby and had a good supper.BURP!!!
Will you say,"whatever the wolf did was wrong"?
"whether it has done the right thing or not,whether it is just or unjust to have eaten the baby,you will be able to understand only if u put urself into the wolf's shoes" :) isnt that simple?
Actually, Panda eats, shoots 'n leaves .. it's the title of a book on punctuations I read a few years back.. it's so funny how a simple misplaced comma can change the meanin of a sentence completely.. that book is full of such witty lines 'n stuff.. real good..
'n I dont think so I need to elaborate more on this good vs bad topic.. all of us seem to be thinkin on the same lines..
The Tamil line at first when I read it I didnt understand it at all.. then I reread it 2-3 times word by word.. then I sorta got a vague idea of wot it meant.. but I was not sure.. Now Harish's story here shows tht my Tamil comprehension is not too bad.. :)
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