Proving Your Point

Debate and arguement are very different. Yet its very easy to lose sight of the line dividing the two. Most people
thing that an argumentative attitude, and an opinionated view on life are the traits of a good debater. In fact if you look
at a good debater, he is never argumentative. The secret is to be a good listener. Eager as you might be to thrust your
views and opinions in the limelight, listening to what others have to say is much more helpful. Observing them is the key to know how they think. And the ability to think like your opponent is the greatest advantage you can have. If you can do this while keeping your cards close to your chest, its even better. Playing the silent type automatically makes your position stronger....hence the saying, "Strong silent type". Shouting out loud just tilts ur cards and gives others a glimpse into your mind. After all it is better to stay silent and let people think that you are a fool rather than open your mouth and
confirm their doubts.

We Remember


History is very important. It certainly plays an important role in your life. Short term history may appear insignificant
but no one can deny the effects of long term history. People remembered some shit about promised land and displaced 50
million palastenians to create a country for a certain people. Admittetly what hitler did was wrong but .... the certain
people had induced stagnancy and economic disruption in the country. That is to be forgotten..short term history. I think
people subconciously forget whats convinient for them to forget. People have selective memory and will remember and forget according to what suits them best. This is best seen in the relegion that is cricket. The godly stature bestowed on the
players and the equally harsh critisism they face on a single failure. Forgive and forget when you are in a celebratory
mood. But when you are feeling angry, remembering the slightest mistake made by a person long ago is enough to jusitfy hatered towards him in your eyes.

All Mine

Selfishness exists at several level. It just depends on a persons interpretation. I mean wanting yourself to have the best of everything is just as selfish as wanting your group to have the best.. Its collective pride but its still pride. So, continuing in the same vein, is patriotism a virtue? shouldnt we be thinking at a world level in this age where information and communications have made the world very small. Thinking about you is selfish. Think about your family. Isnt that selfish too? Shouldnt you care about others. You want your country to be the best. Is that really a virtue? You want your Community to prosper. Is that correct thinking? If you care only about your relegion, in India you are labelled a communal person. If you think about only your country, that still is actually selfish in the sense that you do no care about the rest of the world. PRide will exist. At some level or the other. Only saints can be selfless but then i believe they do these deeds to attain supreme oneness and gain favor of the gods. So there ya have it. No one is selfless. At least not completely.