"You do not seem, what I believe you actually are. You behave erratically at times when you are not supposed to. Why do you act absurdly when you know you shouldn't?"," I asked.
"I am not what it seems, what you actually believe. I behave differently at times when I am supposed to. I behave absurdly, when I know I should. After all its my decision to do so. Don't you think so?", He replied.
"But why do you do such things when you know you are not supposed to? How can you behave in a manner, which people do not expect out of you? How can you decide upon what you did was appropriate.?" I questioned.
"Given various situations, I am surrounded with many people. Some of them would know me, some of them won't. Some of them would expect me to react, some of them won't. But for me I act according to my past experience, which many people would not know. I am sure you would agree that experiences do play a major role when you are faced with the same situation in future."
"Let me share an example. I had a dialouge with one of my acquaintance some time back where we had a debate over a matchstick and the cigarette. Usually there's a belief that one should not light the third cigarette with the same matchstick. I have seen people believe many other things as such which I obviously do not pay attention too. I believe one should not do things that they are not aware about. The only harm would be, you'll end up loosing." "But that was my belief and I wanted to defend it. So I said you should not do the things that you do not know the reason for."
"To which my friend asked, " Do you know the cat crossing phenomenon? Some people do not cross the road until someone else has done it after the cat crosses the road in front of you." to which I replied," But I still won't do things for which I have no reason." And the discussion took a different turn. All people standing there pounced on me roaring about various beliefs and rituals and traditions and what not. Every one started convincing me that I was wrong when I said I won't do the things for which I have no reason. (especially lighting up the third cigarette and the cat crossing phenomenon). And then there was a weired example of not having food during a solar eclipse. To which everyone stood concurrent. They were so emphatic about it that I almost lost my cool and was about to shout when one of my colleague noticed and signaled me not to do so. I still sticked to my word.Why should I believe in something for there's no logic to it. And the people standing there took a stand saying there are things that do not have logic.
I knew that was coming and that's why I said if there's no logic to it why to do it. That's where I guess you're asking why I acted weired? Right.
"All I asked was why do people avoid lighting up the third cigarette with the same matchstick."
2 comments:
go with you logic coz that's logical, other people's logic in not a logic as it is illogical :) bus ye dhyan rahe ki 3 consecutive ciggies khud jalane ki stage pe mat aana.
Lets drive towards leaving it !!! I throw down my gauntlet!! Can you pick that up boy ??
Now that's a logic I would say. Can I pick it up.. Yes.. But the time don't know when!
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