Friday, March 30, 2007

How to win an argument

Once upon a time..in a faraway kingdom, an argument broke out between two men. Every day they will come to the market square and argue at the top of their voice. No one remember now what it was about, but they all agree it was about some issue that was hard to take sides on. SO itself the argument between the men continued unabated and the people really thought it never would end. But then one day, one of the arguers, went and punctured his ear drums and came for the argument. Whatever the other man said he didnt hear, he couldnt hear, and he just kept on repeating his side of argument. He was obilivious to the whatever sense was there in the others word and just kept on reiterating his side of truth. And what happened finally?.. he walked off with the other's compliance...

Its funny...often arguments are won not by logic and lucidity, but by blind conviction. Empathy is the most effective tool to lose a battle. Once you begin to see what the other's means you become a little less unsure of what you yourself beleve...and if the other is totally mulishly stubborn not to see or hear your side, compliance is just some futile reasonings away...

Thursday, March 29, 2007

The creators...

Nothing would have existed in this planet before the first man came. The first man thought of something to eat and then there became visible, a berry. He felt sleepy and as he groped around for a better place to rest his head, there was formed, a hard rock. Without ideas or concepts matter cannot manifest itself..become tangible.. And if it were not for the man with his million ideas and discriminations, the whole world; the berry, the tree carrying it, the ground beneath it, the rock near it, all would have been but one indiscernable inseperable unity. So i say, man created the world.. and discrimination was the tool he used..