Hypocrisy

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"People don't have solid-black and white personalities. Rather they are like abstract paintings- showing a little of every colour the world has spilt on them.

So, this is a little quote that I in all truth owe to Alicante Lullaby - she inspired this. Anyway I wondering the other day on it again and ran into a few things; double faces, converted personalities and convenience...which i'll discuss later.

We all behave differently in front of different people; polite to our boss, obedient to dad, vulgar with friends, etc..
Day after day we rehearse these roles forming sides to personalities and eventually different personalities. We forget to discover our real self and dissolve into those fake multiple identities...

And then age makes us accept them and the world and it's norms as they stand - without question. And eventually we all die, not knowing each other or ourselves. Never really knowing, what everything meant to us and what we should've done.

The ones who accept, I term as converted personalities...blockheads. The rest are just confused, and of course -convenience...

This is a pretty broad subject as far as discussion goes. People will believe in anything convenient, or set aside principles for ease and comfort. I wonder how they do it. It sickens me. Though i do it too, sometimes :)

This convenience extends to using common practice as a defense to religion, morals, ethics etc.

For example skipping prayer to play football. You know it's wrong. You still do it. The only answer is a "It's my business" or a shrug. Heck, I really can't figure this out. Convenience again and a bit of people pressure.

It is shameful, it seems, to step a foot out of line from the norms. Even though u know what's right and norms suck. It's a little larger than peer pressure, it's world pressure.

So. for me, i just hope i can control myself better.

Reviews

[Jasmine]

Well, without wanting to cause offence I think this is a slightly limited view of the world. I could argue this with you for years, but, well... that's not going to happen.
Indeed, we alter ourselves for different people/ societies, but you seem to forget that this is a normal survival instinct - an adaptation technique. Furthermore, our own alterations, based upon what we observe/ want to be more like are entirely unique to ourselves - no one could make a copy.
I think what you are trying to say/ what is a more apt idea is that many people, in their desire to fit in in social situations such as school, where being "cool" is they most important factor, they lose their individuality - their essence, if you like. However, you could argue that their "sheep" mentality IS what they are like....? But people like you and me choose not to be friends with those kinds of people, as it does seem a waste.

And the second part of your opinions - we do all those things because we are human. We are imperfect and therefore make mistakes, like "skip prayer for football" (the second of which I think is more useful anyway). Maybe it would be more productive to concentrate on self-betterment, rather than carrying around cynicism about human conditions which can't be changed. Yes, they can be annoying, but it would be damaging to hold grudges for things which are normal, if frustrating.

However, I really do understand your frustration.

[An owl on the moon]

These are brilliant insights into our nature... the shadows.. the mingling of dark and light... and the many faces we display depending on moods or situations or more. Your title is profoundly perfect as the origin of the word "hypocrite" goes back to ancient Greece and the actors who wore masks... Perhaps we are never quite ourselves... even when we are alone.

[Alicante lullaby]

i agree with Jaz....we live in a world ful of euphemisms...and ''an adaptation technique or the ability to evolve with circumstances'' is what i would buy rather than the word hypocrisy to explain my behaviourand every other human's behaviour on this planet....firstly,we dont have a potent definition of the word hypocrisy...I mean we all wear clothes ...if a person comes to you who desires not to wear them but wears them because he has to live around people,should he be a hypocrite (weird example,i know...lol) No he shouldn't be...he would just be doing the right thing according to worldly standards and well,everyone has a right to make circumstances more convenient for themselves..and then again he has a right to make himself more acceptable to people around him because i mean lets agree,we are bound to certain limitations,our time,our space,our frame of reference,our society,our relations and an attempt to escape them will lead to the destruction of the attempting individual...in other words,you cant do it all so dont try....

[Sarusai Hiryu]

In so far as hypocrisy is concerned, it has been, and always will be, the corner-stone of human society; if we didn't do it, we'd never manage to live in 'large interactive groups'. Sick but true.

The football thing? Nah, that's just weakness, of will and of character. And upto a point, yes, the herd instinct too. You shrink reflexively from being the odd one out who insists on prayer... and that goes for most 'common practice' issues.

[Shy Girl]

OMG!!!!!!!