Life, never gives back no matter how much we put into it.

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train came, and you were just beside the track interchanger. You could have made the train change its course to the disused track and saved most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed.
Or would you rather let the train go its way?

Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. To save most of the children at the expense of only one child was a rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally.

But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place? Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was.

This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how far-sighted and knowledgeable the minority are.
The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him. The kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake!

However, in a democratic society, a politician should by all means garner the support of the majority. To sacrifice one far-sighted visionary is only one vote lost, but to sacrifice the ignorant majority may cost the politician his majority support. Whatsoever decision you are going to make, choose not to stay away from the crowd and be sacrificed.

credits of this story go to eunyce......... thanks gal............. really enjoyed reading it, it really opened my eyes.... as u can tell.... ehehe ***gringrin***

after reading this, i felt as if i had just been given a slap in the face, a wake-up call to me, telling me that my idealism was just all that was, 'idealism'........... it's no point going on criticising e world around u, vile and corrupt as it may be........ when ultimately u need it to survive.......... to rail against it is plain self-destruction..............
yet it is sad to note that i, myself, feel that i have to succumb to the ignorant majority........... do i hold on fast to my righteous ways? or do i lower myself to the ignorance of the vast majority and deny myself my ideals? pragmatism vs truth.......... which will prevail? sad to say............. unless the truth is stuffed down the public's throat like a thanksgiving turkey, pragmatism will always win hands down..............

if u see a madman in the streets, u know he's mad cuz he ain't like e rest of u normal people who are dressed to e nines, and he's not behaving like 'the norm', not doing what everyone is doing................................ but, what if.............. we put u in e loony bin, and everyone around u acts different from u, different from the so-called 'norm' that u exist in............. what now? you are the outsider, who's behaving differently from the rest of the people around u.......... the tables have turned, and the 'norm' that you so familiarly know is not the norm anymore............. can we safely say that u are the only normal one? and the rest is abnormal? but theoretically speaking, the normal refers to the majority............ so in this case, you're the mad one then isn't it? it's all a matter of perception as to who's right who's wrong; who's crazy who's sane; who's smart who's dumb; who's fast who's slow....................... among the slugs a turtle's deemed the flash......... but within the rabbits, the turtle's way behind the rest...... we all know that age old story of e rabbit and e hare.................

so now the main crux surfaces: 'who, or what are we?'