There are three kinds of fools in the world. People who believe China is Communist. And people who believe China is Communist.And then there is a minority of one who think that a 4 week visit to Beijing to attend a summer school makes them competent enough to comment on the economic and social policies of China.
posted by mutRupuLLi @ Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Physically as I move into the future with the rest of the world , I discover that my ethical, moral and philosophical time axes are pointing in the opposite direction. I am on the journey into the past. A misanthropic socialist(now what is that?) by choice, I am an individualist by nature. The philosophy I have developed independently is somewhat similar to deep ecology. A master cynic, I believe in questioning and doubting everything and I often do what Russell suggests: "In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted". Existing simultaneously in two absolutely different and opposite states, I strive for equilibrium, which in my world is not necessarily somewhere in between. Needless to say, among my favourite literary characters are Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A 'nadamadum'(mobile) oxymoron, I also pen under the pseudonym of 'mutRupuLLi'(Full Stop).
4 Comments:
Wow..... We both broke our blogging inertia on the same day... :-)
There are also those who believe that India is a democracy ;-) When out of the eligible population 60% votes (an optimistic number), a party comes to power usually with about 30-35% of the votes cast. 1/3rd of 2/5ths votes - a pathetic percentage, and we have not even counted kalla vote, communities threatened if they go out and vote, people who have deliberately been removed from voting lists (Our intellectuals are more bothered about Blacks being removed from the electoral roles in Florida), people who are not on voting list due to sheer govt. inefficiency, etc etc. Maybe coalition governments are not bad if you look at it purely from a numbers perspective.
As for the instant experts even if you take the so-called better channels like BBC, you will notice that you see the same faces again and again. These experts parachute into different countries without knowing the language or culture, and manage to sound authoritative to ignorant audiences. To be fair though, it's impossible to be a 'world' expert for any individual or organisation. Journalism for the most part is a Mokkai profession with too many pretensions waiting to be taken down.
oops, I meant 1/3rd of 3/5ths.
BNB
Dig: eppadi irukkeenga Sridhar?
BTW, patriotism pathi neenga enna nenaikkareenga?
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