Hidden meaning of words we use in daily language

Mr. Jaiprakash Chouksey has intelligently reflected on the underlying meaning of words we use

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Why it matters to protest, if somebody creates public nuisance

It is a common refrain "I don't want to poke my nose in somebody's personal matters" when somebody misbehaves in public.
But if matters are sorted in public, are they personal anymore!

Ignoring a public wrong amounts to encouraging hooliganism.With the legitimacy provided by mute spectators It becomes 'fair game' and spreads quickly. It is only a matter of time before you would find yourself target of one.

The past serves an example :
Martin Niemöller wrote about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.

On conspicuous consumption

I find it unusual that sometimes people strut off their latest gadgets.
An incident comes to mind.

Sometime back, I was at Bank making a demand draft for applying for MBA programme. While I was waiting to get my demand draft, a man in mid forties walked up to the cashier with a cheque, the ones which are present in the bank, asking to withdraw for going to the doctor. I saw the cashier give him a 100 rupee note, That is the sum he withdrew for going to the doctor.

It stands to reason that we live in a country where people go to the bank to withdraw money for visiting a doctor. How do they feel when some of us feel an indomitable need to show we have arrived?

Moral of the story: Etiquette cannot be regulated.

Crash (2004)

Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people's lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city.

Among the players are: the Caucasian district attorney, who uses race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently been carjacked by two black men, believes that her stereotypical views of non-whites is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race both to their advantage and as an excuse; partnered Caucasian police constables, one who is a racist and uses his authority to harass non-whites, and the other who hates his partner because of those racist views, but who may have the same underlying values in his subconscious; a black film director and his black wife, who believes her husband doesn't support their black background enough, especially in light of an incident with the racist white cop.

Beautifully crafted movie. No short-cuts taken.

Stars: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate, Michael Pena

Details taken from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/

Verity

My friends often ask me - Of the two ways in life, Why do you always choose the difficult one?

I ask them - Why do you see two ways?

-Anonymous

Interpretation : 

It talks about eternal verities such as honor, love, truth, honesty. There are no two ways about these regardless of the costs.

Some may argue otherwise that 'Wealth' trumps everything. So actions should be taken to maximize  profits even at the the cost of cheating others, But little do they realize they have mistaken arrangement for friendship and alliance for love.

Calvin on skiing

How a tornado went through a scrape yard creating a Boeing plane

One of the big arguments put in favour of existence of god is
"You see, how incredibly complex life-forms are. How much effort would it have taken to create us? Do you think we could be created without efforts of an invisible hand. If you don't believe in an invisible hand.You are  saying: A tornado went through a scrape yard and assembled a Boeing airplane."

The above argument appears gripping argument for existence of a divine being But it fails on its own premise to truly comprehend the efforts involved in development of complex beings like us.

We are a product of millions of years of recorded history. We started off as a pool of mixture of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur etc. all atoms gamboling around when two atoms collided under appropriate conditions (say hydrogen and oxygen) and made water which was more stable compound. Atoms interact with one another (called reaction) for benefit of stability. Atoms reacted to form molecules. Molecules combined to form DNA's, RNA's etc. creating a first single celled life to come into existence in which every molecule served a purpose and existed. As time progressed we became more complex with more cells interacting with each other to create ever complicated life forms.We humans are ourselves a lot of organisms working in tandem. For example the bacteria in our stomach help us digest food.

In coming to the present form was not an instant creation of tornado, the so called tornado blowing through the scrape yard of hydrocarbons blew for a million years and more to make us what we are - a set of atoms co-ordinating with each other.

Hence, it stands to reason "A tornado can assemble a Boeing plane in a scrape yard, Just give it time." :)

My Interpretation of Karl Sagan's idea of "us".