The Struggle is Real for Truth & Opinion - Part 5

Ah! Yes.

Even I know this has been a sufficiently long read for anyone to even keep track of anything and everything that has been heatedly and cooly exchanged between us. No matter how eruptive or frigid the nature of our discussion has been traversing topsy-turvy, I hope you are finding it as a deeply enriching and nutritious experience.

Let me just give a quick recap as to where Part 4 ended in a nail-biter so that you can easily recall your already loaded memory from day-to-day activities thereby I play a very small part in simplifying your lives for the better.

V: And you have likened farming as a recreational activity?? SERIOUSLY?? It's recreational only for rich ppl who automatically get benefits from the Govt. WITHOUT WORKING HARD. Not for poor farmers who sweat and break their backs. I don't have to tell u how many commit suicide. U know it better than me.

The finale in this series begins now:

S: I am not lying when I told you that the benefits came automatically. O can prove it. Farming for ME is a recreational activity I never said it is for others. Similarly , ishing for me is recreational while for others it is bread and butter. For me providing a part for the electrical infrastructure or for a car is not recreational. But for you when you drive for pleasure using my product is recreational. Everybody WORKS HARD. I don't sit and eat and it is not that everything comes to me automatically. So don't compare cheese and chalk. We are here to talk about game hunting/fishing for recreational purpose. Let's stick to it. In my opinion as a recreational activity fishing, hunting, farming and horticulture all come under the same banner. Since as per you it is right only to eat Non veg in extremely cold climate(I am assuming so since I haven't got a reply yet) you will not understand the similarity. So keep supporting Vegetarianism but don't think that what you have said is right. It may right from your point of view but it is not for me. As i said above- "What is food for me is poison to you".

V: You are extremely kind enough to give me sufficient anti-matter to annihilate your distorted perspective and understanding of whatever I have said nt only from one front but all fronts. Pls refrain and restrain yourself from commenting until u have heard me out completely. Unless u r a thorough idiot (which I knw u r not), kindly hve the patience and most importantly, tolerance till I say I have finished. Fair enough, right?

1) "Don't compare chalk & cheese' - I have not said anywhere that u don't work hard or getting benefits from the govt. Everything was voluntarily said by u in ur desperate need to prove ur 'walk the talk' concerning the farming which U had brought it up on ur own accord. In fact, it was you who gave the analogy that farming is a recreational activity. I didn't say it. So, I will save ur precious time by sharing ur own words as I respect not only others' time but mine as well..

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 2) I never said anywhere that u were lying when u said u got benefits from the Govt. Then, why is that u r saying u will prove it? I don't doubt it as I know how much ur dad had bent his back and gave his everything to ur company. I also know that ur personal dream and want it to be in the stock market. So, why in the god-damn hell will I even think to say that u aren't working hard. But, ppl may start doubting or questioning the intentions if a person is unnecessarily trying hard to convince them just like an accomplished salesperson who tries to persuade the customers with their smooth talk to buy their product.

3) Achuchooooo..U don't sit and eat huh? Udamba Paathuko machi....Science categorically dictates that it's bad for health if a person walks/ runs and eats. It's ur wish. Take care of ur health da. Only then, u can achieve ur dream with full flying colors.

4) "Since as per you it is right only to eat Non veg in extremely cold climate(I am assuming..".....Sadly, you have already assumed and confirmed ur false belief for the second time. U want to know when was the first time? You can go up the thread and check ur words. No. Wait. Better. I will save ur time by sharing this.

I have already articulated that only inane dunderheads will say such a thing. But, since u r stupidly relentless and asking a journalistic-kinda question time after time for this irrelevant and bagatelle point when we are here to talk about game hunting/fishing for recreational purpose and you are not sticking to it by asking trifling issue that's not pertinent to the subject matter under consideration - let me also repay u in the same currency with interest as bonus.

S:  I have already said what I have said. As a recreation farming is similar to fishing, hunting etc. Are you going to dispute it? I keep asking you the question for a straight answer because you refuse to put it in simple English and words like "No eating Non veg in hot places is also not wrong". When you refuse to give a simple straight answer it is clear your motives are hidden. Spare me your sarcasm. U attacked me personally saying about not working hard and now your saying some sarcastic gibberish about standing and eating. And I have a big question to ask:- u said killing for monetary purpose is wrong. So what will you say about butchers who kill for money? Are they committing a sin?

V: 5) Whenever I give out my opinion, I don't expect others to follow it. If you feel I am making more sense than most people, you are free to follow it else I don't give a rat fuck. But since you have specifically asking my opinion on this trivial thing? Let me just repose a simple question back to u again. Supposing I say Yes, will people stop eating non-veg from today? Or supposing I say No, will people not stop eating non-veg from today? I am just an inconsequential, insignificant, small, tiny, educated and tax-paying citizen in a corner of Chennai. My opinion on this isn't going to change a damn. Why...Even the most powerful person in our country - Modi Ji - He appeals time and again to all of us from not littering the roads with waste or urinating or spitting in public - How many give respect to his words and follow it to make our country a cleaner and better nation? The moment he turns his back, even those who give nice smiling fotos with him, they might throw paper cups and plastic on the roads. For the elected representative of a large and vast country, this is how it pans out. Then, who am I? No one in relation and before those who are powerful with money, power and influence. But, still to answer ur question, the Constitution of India is bigger than any of us. Whatever rocks ones' boats as long as u r well-within the laws and not hurt and harm others.

S: Since you have clearly attacked me on front I will also give you back with full compound kanduvatti interest. If you say killing an animal for monetary purpose is sin then you are calling all butchers as sinners. If that is your opinion then I'm sorry my friend you are a fanatic Hindu right wing activist and I can't argue with fanatics. I'm not asking you the question to follow your words. U know very well I will never do that. I am asking it to prove your bias. And because of that bias you will not understand what the other side thinks. Either you rephrase your statement about "killing animals for recreational and monetary purpose" as "killing animals for a sadistic pleasure" or you accept your fanatism. Either way it's your choice. I have heard you out fully and even after all my contentions you stick to your one sided theory which in my opinion is against non vegetarians. So it is very clear that your intentions are just more than just condemning killing animals for pleasure.

V: Can hear u a cling-cling-chung sound? That's my heart breaking, machi. :'( :'( You didn't have even the patience and tolerance to hear me out fully and once again, proved urself on ur own volition that u r a complete idiot by urself stating that I am hiding behind motives..hidden..secret etc etc....based on ur unwarranted assumptions. So, who is biased here? 

V: ."Spare me your sarcasm. U attacked me personally saying about not working hard".....I never had sarcasm when I said it. Just cared about ur well- being when u said u don't sit and eat. This is precisely what I said u have a distorted perspective when I said earlier. FYI

S: Any sane person reading this thread would have found that out by now. And I'm not an idiot. I'm not a lunatic to not find the sarcasm in that stand and eat comment. Don't think people are idiots and dumb.

V: BY the way, I didn't attack u personally. Y would I do that when I know how run and drive around to Korea for upgrading your machines and streamlining ur process, machi. It was ur own words and I rephrased it as "without working hard'. Infact , ur exact words were " btw, I DIDNT TOIL HARD"... ur words...and i just said it as U DIDNT WORK HARD..... the spirit of the meaning is the same....

Cutting down to the pith by removing all the unessentials,  and then, those were:

S: Give me straight answers to these if you can. No GRE gibberish or beating about bush. I want a straight shootout. 

V: Sigh. Double Sigh. Heavy Sigh.

I am really disappointed and dejected when u said "crying victory". It just shows how u r taking up this discussion, machi. I am viewing it as an opportunity to expand the truth to its logical conclusion. But, u just want to hunt down a harmless and innocent person as me like an animal in a wild reserve by directly stating and indirectly intending victory and defeat in this stimulating exchange of ideas and views. That's how I am seeing it. But, U? Ppl will understand that u r tyrannically viewing me as a quarry in ur hunting expedition, machi. :( :( 

I have clearly stated that kindly give me time to fully respond and then u say urs. But, like the debates in Prime Time News Channels, you have nt shown any basic sensitivity, consideration, respect and courtesy and have simply gone on a lengthy tirade in ur blind and hasty pursuit to character assassinate me by calling me names like 'fanatic' based on your whims and fancies even when I well-intended that u should take care of your health but u accused me of 'being sarcasm'... :( :'(

I didn't even finish my points and you had started to make accusations against me like a seasoned politician. Most well-educated ppl will infer your rash act as an uncivil, uncultured, brash and uncouth behavior. Don't blame me for what most people will infer, machi. I exclusively asked you to give me some time until I had made my points before u post ur comments. But, did u wait? U JUMPED THE GUN and IN COMPLETE CONSCIOUS DENIAL THAT U DID IT by explicitly, shamelessly and brazenly saying "I haven't jumped any gun boss" - that's what whoever is reading will make out of it. Pls don't ever ever put the blame on me that I didn't ask you to wait. You Jumped the GUN even before I began my point 5 

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If you have waited till I had completed my point 5 and then made ur gibberish shootouts, you will know that I have already answered ur 'butcher monatery' when I said in point 5 itself that our Constitution is bigger than all of us. You didn't have the patience to wait till I finished my points but jumped the gun, boss. By the way, when I said monatery in my status, I intended poaching where ppl slaughter elephants, rhinos etc for their ivories, tusks. I was going to say it in point 6 - But, U JUMPED THE GUN and INTERRUPTED IT. Only those demented and retarded will have a preposterous line of reasoning to unjustifiably assume things according to their comforts and conveniences. 

U r a state-ranker in both 10th and 12th, boss. So, u r more intelligent than me. But, even an ordinary person with basic intellectual capacity will have understood by now that I see plants, animals or milk as food and means to survival and that I am not against hunting if it is for food. I have already and transparently stated it as well previously.

ManageFYI again

But, when a person is guided by animalistic instincts and blood-thirsty attitudes to harm, hurt, maim, mutilate, injure, wound, bruise, stab, shoot or lacerate, they will easily lose track of things coz of their intensely and deeply parochial mindsets by heartlessly hunting down innocuous and harmless beings like me by making vitriolic and waspish adumbrate statements like "Being sarcastic", "Fanatic"

Yes..Some words here are fucking GRE and I Rat-Fucking use it only when it's absolutely apt unlike a gibberish line of nonsensical, absurd and block-headed reasoning by jumping the gun and then completely oblivious to it.

U still haven't given me straight answers as to who gave u the damn moral authority to mercilessly kill animals in a wild reserve? 

Are u God?
 
Are the animal's parents? 

You cannot answer it. Can you? 

Don't give me ludicrous bull-shitting responses like rules are there in reserves- THEY ARE MAN-MADE. If those are created for the thrills of being pleased with the sight and smell of blood rather than for food and survival, it's nothing short of savagery and worse than animals.

Thanks for your invigorating and unwarranted stabbing slurs like "Being Sarcasm" and "Fanatic". Cannot blame u too. Our Ancient Forefathers (Read: Hinduism) were super-intelligent and wise when they stated that food influences the behavior of a person and you have just authoritatively proven it through your excessive ardor for unreasonable assumptions, extraordinarily unsound stereotypes and well-grounded invalid arguments that still doesn't answer who gave you the moral authority to kill animals? 

Closing the thread. 
And thank you again from the bottom of my heart for your "Being Sarcasm", "Fanatic" when I wasn't. 
It means so much to me. 
NOW, THIS IS SARCASM.

S: Thanks for closing the thread. There is no point arguing with someone who gives answers only when cornered like when I cornered you for answers. Till that point I never got answers only vague gibberish. And if what I have told is gibberish and invalid arguments so are yours. As per me opinion if someone reads your thread they will know the bias I was trying to prove. Don't tell me you are harmless and I am full of malice. When u give a answer only at the point of being cornered there is nothing to say you are harmless. It was you who started calling me an idiot and as a person not working hard etc etc. So it is tit for Tat. U want a war I will give you one. That's me. And one word of advice don't use this GRE gibberish to disguise and escape from addressing a point head on. And who gave authority to kill an animal in reserve I have already answered it. It is fucking Law of both society and nature. The same law that u had conveniently used to bypass the monetary question before being forced to answer. The same law of nature that lets u farm a carrot and pluck it and eat. Period. Thanks for reminding me that there are people who still call others idiot in public and then cry about being attacked and abused.

V: Thanks all for your valuable inputs👍👍Anyone from yours or my friend's list who, by chance, stumbles upon this enriching and enlightening archipelago of comments, you can come to Ur own natural conclusion whether I had exclusively termed anyone as "idiot" or "full of malice" or made aggressive statements as "U want war. I give one". You r more discerning and percipient than me. I leave it to Ur wise and immaculate judgment. Once again, Thanks all🙏🙏 It's been my greatest pleasure to have had this exceptionally engaging and exceedingly nourishing discussion.

V: And, I am sincerely sorry if anyone including Shivraj Subbiah had perceived that I was calling them inappropriate names. That was never ever my intention until it was brought to my attention and notice of 'tit-tat' comment by my good friend. My deepest regrets if anyone else had wrongly perceived like it.


                                                                    X---Concluded---X

PS: 

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for having the rich heart to spar e some moments and read through this seemingly never-ending thread despite your hectic schedule and busy day. With technology at your fingertips, you are not only learned but also world-savvy. Your sensible mind knows who is right and who is restrictedly right. I place the verdict in your responsible hands.

Thank you again! 
Manage

The Struggle is Real for Truth & Opinion - Part 4

Regardless your wise intellect thinks that my friend is objectively right or I am, I don't know who has been more balanced in their and closer to the truth. I leave it to you.

But, what I can cent percent vouchsafe for this fruitful conversation is that it will be a definite delight to those who are pervious to fresh perspectives and accessible to acceptance of the right contradictory and conflicting existing conditioned mindset of the individual. 

In fact, this transference of mutual knowledge sharing really challenged my impersonal interpretation of the reality (on this issue) from end-to-end in a directly unambiguous and subtly thought-provoking manner.

Why I said subtly thought-provoking is that anyone can be ricocheted from their focus through highly cogent and coherent arguments. But, it takes real mental clarity and fortitude to see through one's leisurely pleasure and enjoyment that caters one's whims and fancies than viewing the fine line between right and wrong.

Continuing from where I left in my previous post,

S: One man's food is another man's poison. You are entitled to your beliefs and I am to mine. There is no universal truth my friend. Only your truth and my truth.

V: That's the whole problem, machi...."Your truth. My truth" when there is also something a common and universal truth that's applicable to each and everyone....Most of them don't understand that....How do I make it clear? Okay...Got an example....Let's say....There's a person 'A'...A sees another person 'B' who is different from A and others and jumps to the conclusion that B is an anti-social element based on A's biases and prejudices without understanding that every person is different and unique in the world....If A goes to the Police alone and reports it, they will laugh in his face...A knows this very well....So, A calls up and convinces other people by frightening them and conjuring up vivid images how B is being different and is a confirmed anti-social element like a criminal ......Now, the Police will take action as it's not just A's words but also others...and they start their own investigation on B....They find out that B is as normally different as everyone else....And when they confront A and others for their misinformation.....what will A say...."I was just being a good citizen by reporting my truth who wanted to prevent bad things to the society"....But, is A really justified to say this when he has made a mockery out of the hard-working Police when they had other important things to tackle and real culprits to catch? To have a doubt is fine as everyone is not God but a human being but to convince other people (Read: when they didn't think about it) that a real risk and threat exists from B when there was none in reality, can A actually hide behind "my truth and good citizen" reason? Think about it.

V: This is just an imagined scenario...But, with so much negativity, cynical attitudes and intolerance in our society, it may or can become a reality as well...But, let me give u real-life example too..... You have your adorable daughter, right? Let's say she asks for a beautiful dog as a bday gift....You also buy her a Pug or Golden Retriever or whatever that your daughter had requested......You take the dog for a walk and some unruly ruffians throw stones at your beloved pup to such an extent that it bleeds severely........If u ask the young rascals why they did it, they will probably say "We were having fun. It's my truth"....So, according to your logic of "Your truth. My Truth"...., will u be quiet and not take any action against them for hurting your pet which u have bought with ur hard-earned money and most importantly, your daughter cares and loves very much? It's your logic, machi.....Your truth. My truth....when u have only said earlier that u will go to hunting reserve and kill animals for pleasure and entertainment and enjoy for pleasure....that's the same thing that these young rascals have done to your pet dog too...

S: I'm not talking about hunting pets. I guess I made it clear that I will hunt in a gaming reserve. U don't hunt dogs. U hunt rabbit/deer and animals that are called "game". In fact we use dogs as companion for hunting. That's exactly what I am telling you. Koreans love dog meat they breed And slaughter it. But almost 50% of Korean households have a pet dog. Does it mean the eat their own pets. No. There is always a demarcation which humans with the extra sense of perception can always see. It's stupid to compare pets And game meat. To your analogy example about pet dog being tortured by ruffians and me hunting a game. Let me make it simple. There is a difference between a woman in a house and a prostitute. Now if someone went to a prostitute and asked her the rate there is nothing to be done. But if someone does the same to a decent woman in a household he is getting a straight admission ticket to the ortho section of a hospital. That's the difference. Now you can ask me what makes a deer/rabbit akin to a prostitute. It is the law my friend. Law set by the society and nature. Nature itself encourages humans to eat non veg as the part of food chain. So it is natural to eat non veg and not some sin. So don't give me this shit of non vegetarians being barbarians/torturous people etc. For your kind info the majority of people in world are non vegetarians. So my friend we are not barbarians who love torture. And btw do you know we don't torture the game in hunting. We make the kill swift so swift that it is just a matter of seconds. If we don't then some lion or cheetah or another carnivore will eventually kill it. By your logic of sin the world should be extinct of all carnivores. Isn't there something wrong with your logic that it defies the very nature of our world.

V: Check out my first comment to Aarathi Subramanian in the thread for what I have said about food and nature. not going to repeat it again.

V: U have yourself accepted that only IF ppl knows the demarcation, they will not hurt, harm and kill in the normal course of things. U will not do it, my friend. But, the world is not composed of 750 crore Shivraj who knows the demarcation and restrains from killing ppl or brutalizing animals. But, how many will know the exact demarcation and not go with the flow of things to commit atrocious acts in the heat of things? It's a stupid example to bring the Koreans in this case. It's their culture. There's a wealth of difference between a person who says nicely that it's wrong to litter and everyone shd throw it in the garbage but dumps the waste as soon as the camera turns away and a person who actually discards the rubbish in the thrash even when no one is watching them.

V: So, U mean to say that the animals U kill aren't the children of some other animal? Check out elephants. They mourn for their dead. And, only dumb fools will say that animals don't have feelings and emotions. When ruffians throw stones at the dogs, THEY ARE HURTING IT just like how U SWIFTLY KILL by Ur own admission. In fact, it's even worse and barbaric. Who gave U the moral authority to take its life? If an animal hunts and eats another, it's FOR FOOD and SURVIVAL and not indulge in bloodthirsty enjoyment as u have given rationale as "game" etc etc.

S: Boss I guess hunting is not allowed in India and even in world it is available only in select gaming reserves. So there is already a demarcation. Well regarding your opposition for hunting. We eat what we hunt. So in a way, it is for food. Similar is the sport of fishing. Killing an animal while hunting is not as barbaric as a slaughterhouse. You have never been to a slaughterhouse which is why you can't tell the difference. And fyi man is also an animal and for non vegetarians, it is food and survival. You shall never understand the view point whatever I tell you simply because you are from another world. The demarcation is clearly there. However of course you can fish anywhere in India. But catching a fish and then eating it is a feeling you cannot understand. It is similar to a farmer toiling in field and eating the bounty. And hunting is very similar to fishing. Except of course the terrain and game are different. I also have a paddy field and have personally cultivated there. Only the past year I didn't cultivate. I even got compensation from Govt for loss during floods as millions of other farmers. So I know the feeling. So don't tell me that it is different. Barbaric is like hurting a pet or a harmless street dog. But of course that even an imbecile would say it is wrong and there are laws to punish culprits.

V: Read my status Machi - "Killing for recreational and monetary"....I have never ever mentioned that U shdnt take it as food for survival. Did u even read my first comment to Aarathi and read my status properly? Only inane dunderheads will just stick to their point of view by discarding science and keep repeating that onr shd take only plant-based food in extremely cold places where U need to have some fat for energy.

S: Hunting and fishing is also killing for recreational purpose boss. Similarly even farming and horticulture is for a person like me. But the satisfaction I get when I eat rice from my field, the fish I catch and the rabbit I hunt is what differentiates. It is not barbaric to get a satisfaction when you actually literally earn your food. "Plant based food in extremely cold places". So is it wrong or right to eat non veg in a hot place??

V: There is a clear-cut demarcation between hunting for pleasure and hunting for food. Hunting for only food - Yes. But, If you are doing it for pleasure and then taking Ur "game" as food as an accessory, no imbecile has any rights as you have other abundant or at least adequate animals to eat that has been killed by others. And, for Ur satisfaction, aren't U paying money that's hard-earned to buy them in the first place?

V: Ha ha ha...I know u will ask this question...that's I have cleanly and clearly said only inane dunderheads will say it.

V: Between, everyone, at least the sane and sensible, can see through your reinforcement example of farming when U said it before and the sympathetic value created for urself by stirring up the farmer and how U had toiled hard and got benefits from the govt, Machi. People are smart. No one should consider or assume that others are plain fools.

S:  I asked you whether you think it is right to eat non veg in a hot place as you have only justified eating in extremely cold climate.The pleasure of hunting/fishing is not in search/wait and kill/catch but after that. I hope you understand that. If people are smart then they will know that fishing/hunting is much alike to farming for recreational purpose. Of course, they are not fools. But you still haven't given a straight answer to my question:- is it wrong or right in your opinion to eat non veg in hot places?

S: And btw I didn't toil hard for benefits from Govt. It was allocated automatically to every cultivated land.

S: And of course people who eat non veg and love it will automatically understand that the emotion of eating rice from ur own field and the fish u catch is the same. So I guess every non-vegetarian who reads my comment will connect to it.

V: Boss U never understood what I have been saying. I have never said anywhere that it's wrong to hunt/fish when it's for survival. It becomes wrong, only if it's done for pleasure and to experience the exhilaration of killing a being. So, don't give me this shit of non-veg connecting with you. You shall never understand the viewpoint whatever Intelligence you simply because you are from another world.

S: Again I have to repeat the same thing. Let me make it a bit clearer to you this time. The pleasure or exhilaration is not in killing but in the sense of emotion that the food ur having that day came from your own hands rather than bought from market. And from what I gather that emotion can never be understood by you simply because you consider meat and rice as different commodities while I consider them as one.

V: And you have likened farming as a recreational activity?? SERIOUSLY?? It's recreational only for rich ppl who automatically get benefits from the Govt. WITHOUT WORKING HARD. Not for poor farmers who sweat and break their backs. I don't have to tell u how many commit suicide. U know it better than me.

And with this cliffhanger of a question that was posited by me when my friend momentarily lost his sound touch by linking farming as a recreational activity, I will conclude this entire thread in Part 5.

                         

                                                        X---To Be Concluded---X

The Struggle is Real for Truth & Opinion - Part 3

Unless you are truly cool, calm, composed and collected, there is every possibility that the other person's point will be wrongly interpreted or falsely inferred when you are trying to ascertain the truth in its full glory and splendor particularly when there is a blazing and energetic display of logic and reason in the course of sharing of ideas and knowledge between and amongst the people.

Whether the other person is right or wrong in their splintered view of the whole reality is an entirely different proposition altogether - it just shows their way of thinking that's strongly influenced by a variety of significant factors such as culture, religion, interests, likes, dislikes, preferences, attitudes, beliefs, personality, opinions etc. 

You really can't and shouldn't blame them as they have been brought up in a specific manner under a blinkered set of circumstances even if they are wrong in their world-view. Depending on the person, either try to enlighten them by removing their mental fogginess like a sun dispelling the cloud or let them be happy in their muddled thought process. There is no way you can straighten a bent dog's tail - at least naturally!

But, should these numerous determinants interfere like an officious salesperson when you have a rally and volley of mutual exchange of ideas especially when you know that many of us see only a partial segment of the larger reality and insanely yet sanely possess it as a gospel truth? 

On top of it, most of us lack the necessary discipline of acceptable patience and tolerance when someone gives a contrary facet that challenges our pre-existing beliefs and opinions which we have falsely accepted and held it as the absolute truth when no one has the full concatenation of the train of thought from start to end in its entirety?

It's in this highly polemical environment that I had a fascinating and eye-opening verbal fusillade with one of my good friends on Facebook to triumphantly reach the truth on one of the post.

Whether we reached or not, I leave it to you after you had finished reading the complete thread.

The status is as follows:

" Killing for recreational and monetary purposes - both humans and animals - is an unpardonable and a macabre sin. Anyone disagrees to this is nothing short of an abhorrent and abject person.

Even in the worst-case scenario, if an evil and vile person intends to destroy a harmless snake, then kill it, burn it and scatter the ashes else there is the remotest possibility that the badly wounded snake will slowly recuperate, steadily recover, heal completely and come back at its tormentors at such speed, agility, heightened intelligence and precise venom that it's like moving through air.

Nature has bountiful lessons to propine us when we keep our eyes open."

Below, A is my relative, S is my good friend whom I referred above and V is myself.

A:

I think it should say killing by humans.. Coz kill and eat is a part of life in nature

V: Whether Veg or Non-Veg, even we humans kill and eat....Yes..We vegetarians as well are no exceptions as it's absolutely necessary like breathing air.....Only a fool will be in denial of the basic fact....But, I'm sure u also know about Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic ways of how a food plays a vital and major part in shaping a person's mentality...Some dismiss it as a mere pseudo-science without fully understanding how it impacts the lifestyle of a person...Our ancient ancestors (read: Hinduism) were super-intelligent and wise when it came to the proper functioning of a person at an individual and societal level...Sadly, we corrupted it for our ulterior selfish movies and now in a state of no return...

V: But, yes....I will make it more clearly now as Killing for recreational and monetary purposes - both humans and animals! ...Is that okay ? 

:)

So, you think this was the riveting discussed I spoke about? 

Fat chance!

It began as innocent as a drizzle like this:

S: Poda...enakku hunting pidikum...in fact I am planning my next trip to a gaming reserve during hunting season...enna periya sin mannu nu...by your logic even killing ants, cockroach and lizards is sin....intha sin gun ellam summa...poi life ah jolly ah enjoy pannu.... 

V: You forgot mosquitoes also....by the way, there are several ways by which an individual can enjoy life without hurting and harming others by living and letting other beings live....if it's Ur idea of having fun is to torture and torment animals and birds, that's Ur conscious choice....pls don't bring in saying Zoo also has animals kept in captivity...

This was just the lull before the storm.

As time progressed, our discussion, slowly and steadily, became into a good shower and ultimately, it culminated into a raging cyclone punctuated with flashy lightning and growling thunder.

                                                            X---To Be Concluded---X

PS:

To preserve the nativity of the discussions' talking points, I didn't translate them into English from Tamil. Do forgive for the inconvenience.

Thaana Serndha Kootam - Big Time Laughter Guaranteed!

Expectations were riding the crest of a Tsunami for Vignesh Shivn and Co when Thaana Serndha Kootam (TSK) was due to release in Pongal as the phenomenal rib-tickler was following the smashing and rollicking success of  NRD. 

Did TSK live up to the sky-high anticipations as set by its predecessor?

I will come to it in a bit.

But, for those who might wonder why I had right away begun by saying "Expectations were riding" in the first line - Well, even in the film - RJ Balaji was directly in front of us without any prior announcement or unwanted circumlocution but he cut straight to the heart of the matter with his interview. 

I am just trying to maintain the spirit of this fantabulously strong, logical and intelligent script where the towering pillar of strength lies in its handling of the narration and screenplay.

And, Yes. TSK equaled NRD's expectations in an atrociously compelling way - Positive. Of course.

There are no dull moments in the full film. No time to look here and there or at your watch (mobile or hand) or yawn due to boredom and monotonousness. You will be simply glued to the narration of the subject like a superglue.

I am not going to reveal any plot points or plot twists and spoil your completely wonderful, thoroughly enjoyable and highly entertaining experience.

Just like NRD, Anand Raj blazes away in his role. It was The. Best. Raid. Ever. In. Kollywood.

Vignesh Shivn (VS)  has once again proved his mettle that a serious scene can also be turned into an extremely humorous for the audience if it's well-thought out. To execute it is immensely difficult but not impossible as VS demonstrated in that ridiculously fun and funny show-stealer, Sorry - Movie-stealer.

It's not just Anand Raj. Be it the entire support casts as Senthil, Thambi Ramaiah or RJ Balaji (RJB) - everyone has a vital role to play at some point in the movie.

Also, It was refreshingly atypical of RJB to don his character as and where he is not seen for most of it and just when I was wondering how he has an underwhelmingly minimal effect on the story, he makes a surprising and much-needed re-entry like a Space Capsule into the Earth's atmosphere.

Akin to Vadivelu in 'Mersal', Senthil makes a good comeback with his Obsessive Compulsive nature to crumble the mantle in line with his famous and erstwhile evergreen comedy with his partner - Goundamani in their heydays.

VS was smart enough to not overdo it and even smarter when he didn't unnecessarily use and waste the potentials of such accomplished seniors in the Industry. I had a slight apprehension that TSK might be a tad confused and muddled as there were too many comedians. But, VS shattered it to pieces. Even Brahmanandam has a logical connection to the narration.

As we are on the lines of overdoing, it was exceedingly heartening to see Keerthy Suresh restrain her over-exuberant acting but be subdued and add more value not only to the movie but also herself as she has a substantial character much like the essence of Tracy Whitney's character from "If Tomorrow Comes" by Sidney Sheldon. It was exceptionally stunning to see her in the Blue saree against the Blue hued sky background in one of the songs.

Kudos to the Cinematographer for beautifully capturing and making it pleasantly colorfully throughout the movie's duration especially when showing Ramya Krishnan (RK).

She was smoking hot in her ponytail when they were in Hyderabad. I had plenty of doubts as to whether she was the actual heroine or Keerthy Suresh as RK continued her supreme run from the magnum opus "Baahubali". As I said earlier, I am not going to plunder away your surprises by revealing any suspense on what RK or any of them has done in TSK. Watch it to find out! 

Karthik played his part but he wasn't as effectively utilized as Parthiban in NRD and the corrupt CBI top official could have been more meaner and menacing with his full authority and power rather than looking like a blundering fool in the end.

But, the movie inevitably belonged to the 3 fine gentlemen - Surya, Anirudh, and VS.

This was the Surya that we, okay me!, was patiently waiting and wanting to see for a long time after a string of flops - excluding 24 - though no questions on his superior acting skills even during his misfires. He has nailed it this time with his performance when it has come to his choice of a fantastic script selection that goes hand in hand with his mesmerizing and sublime talent.

Ani's songs were a chartbuster even before the film's release. The visuals have done enough justice to his splendiferous beats and the BGM was always on the edge and in perfect sync with the mood of the story. He didn't drop his guard anywhere and always alert by playing to his strengths. 

In each and every Surya's films, it is he who elevates the storyline to another dimension - Be it Kakka Kakka, Perazhagan, Nanda, Varanam Ayiram etc. For once, he is completely eclipsed by another equally outstanding person - VS. 

TSK is solely VS's brainchild and he can proudly lift his collar up and say with confidence that he was the chief architect of TSK's success which is surely going to be one of the biggest revenue-pullers of 2018.

And, Yep. Definitely. The movie has its fair share of glaringly incomplete, unanswered and logical letdowns. 

I will cover them in another blog. Soon.

But, when you see the film as a whole by outweighing the pros and cons, TSK vibrantly stands out and emerges as an awesome butterfly that spreads its joys and smiles with its colorful and engaging wholesome enjoyment with the street-smartness and wittiness of VS who is visibly yet invisibly watermarked onto each and every frame.

The Content will always remain the King. And Queen. 

PS:

I have reserved the best for the last as it literally left me in splits:

Like 'Roja Poomalai' in NRD, TSK had its own version - 'Mayil'.

Similarly, the fast-shifting of candidates who were interviewed in the final stages, some of their answers were too good to be true and left me in stitches.

The usage of 'Sasikala', 'Thuraisingam' as the name for one of the Policeman after Surya's cop essaying in the 'Singam' series, and cleverly changing "Not allowed" as 'Note allowed' was simply a stroke of brilliance.

Once again, Hats off to the entire team! 

  

  

The Struggle is Real for Truth & Opinion - Part 2

Auroras - Those brilliant, dazzling and vivid dance of colors which literally performs a moving and energized, pun intended, 'skywalk' due to the interactions of the Solar Flares and Earth's Magnetic Field in the Ionosphere to enchant and transfix the denizens of Planet Earth. 

But, all hell will break loose if the strength, intensity, and duration of the Solar Flares are more stronger and powerful than the Earth's Magnetic Field. 

Do not believe me?

                  I just don't know what the Contingency and Disaster Recovery Plan if IF it happens

Whether people pray for the well-being of the humanity or not, every one of us must always see to it that the Sun doesn't get angry and take out its wrath on hapless and helpless us through its CMEs and Solar Storms.

Be it Billionaire, Multi-Billionaire, Upper Middle Class, Middle Class, Poor, Destitute, Educated, Uneducated, Celebrity, Superstars, Normal People etc - the bright and luminous swirling inferno has no sense of discrimination for any of us. 

This is where the sagacious and profoundly wise ancient forefathers (Read: Hinduism) had prescribed mantras and rituals to placate and assuage the raging and tumultuous nature of the Sun as they knew that our lives are perishably and inextricably dependent and indebted on/to the Ball of Spitting Fire. The sad part is that when the mantras and rituals are mechanically performed, the utility and power of the mantra to soothe the glowering Sun doesn't happen and its tempestuous nature continues to grow in stature as time progresses.

Most of them don't believe in it. And even those (Read: Brahmins) who believe that the Sun can be consoled through the sacred mantras, they fall under the above category which I have mentioned in the previous paragraph. By stating this, I am not saying directly or indirectly that all the Brahmins does it out of rote without understanding the implication of the meaning and the meaningful consequences and benefits derived from reciting them in the first place. 

WHAT THE??!!

This is sheer stupidity in the 21st century that mantras, rituals, and rites are beneficial to humanity and that they are capable of being a relaxing agent to the Scintillating Sun and How does this entire solo-soliloquy on Auroras and Solar Flares are connected to Truth and Opinion? It doesn't make sense.

If you had thought at least one of these two questions - either out of frustration or irritation or thinking that.."Dude...You have lost your rockers and your marbles are all over the place", please wait.

I shall answer both of them. One at a time.  

I  have already cited that most of them don't believe that mantras are full of positive potent when recited with complete conviction and confidence. So, it's natural that you should have such a question of the notion as "sheer stupidity" in the first place. 

I will elaborate it further.

When you are awake and looking at a person, can you see their physical heart that's located below their skin? 

No, right?

But, just because you can't see their heart, does it mean that it doesn't exist within them or they are not alive?

Now, what is "sheer stupidity"? 

If you say they don't have a physical heart, I don't have to spell it out that you are completely insane. If you say they do have a physical heart, of course, they have - The question I have asked is - Can you see the actual heart of another person? 

Leave the other person's business.

Can you see your own heart?  Don't give a sheepish grin now.

The essence of the point which I decisively wanted to make through the heart example is that just because you don't see something, it doesn't necessarily mean it's not there. 

Are you able to see Microwaves or Radio Waves or UV-Rays with your naked eyes? 

I can't unless you possess and have a special superpower as the X-Men or any other Super Hero. 

But, you can observe its effects either immediately or short-term or intermediate-term or long-term - Just like how you see that a person is alive because their heart is beating even though you don't really see or feel the tangible heart.

Now, coming to the second question.

How do Auroras and Solar Flares have any connection with Truth and Opinion?

As I have already elaborately discussed in Part 1, when there are 2 or more than schools of thoughts, it usually ends up fiercely clashing with one another just like the bombardment of solar particles with the Earth's Magnetic Field.

When the two different ideologies put aside their rigid variances and join their heads together despite having a heated debate or discussion, the absolute Truth can be found out amidst the disagreeably agreeable chaos that is as liberating and colorful as the Auroras. 

But, when even one of them tries to exert their dominance over the other, it effectuates a negative and unending chain of events that drastically and severely escalates into a complete breakdown of social order that's exactly like the CMEs and Solar Storms frying the satellites and power grids thus making our known civilized world to an uninhibited standstill.

Whether a person decides to immerse into the grandeur of the swirls and twirls of spell-binding hues or deteriorate and end a relationship just to falsely assert and prove one's fragment perspective of the total reality, it's up to the respective individual/group/institution.

                                                         X---To Be Concluded---X

The Struggle is Real for Truth & Opinion - Part 1

Dum. Dum. Dum.

Yep. That's the Jumanji's drum beats whenever any undesirable or unacceptable or risk-sated event is imminent and looming over the horizon like the darkened clouds that screams on the megaphones that it's going to pour its heart out as it cannot hold on to the Godzilla-esque evaporated water anymore.

So, what does Jumanji's foreboding and ominous percussion strikes have anything remotely got to do with truth and opinion? 

Before we take the submarine and become the second person to reach the bottom of Antarctica, let's brush through the familiar yet slightly head-scratching basic concepts (For some - Actually, they can be in billions!): 

                                                                             

                                                                      The Fundas

I sincerely hope that you have not merely scanned the presentation (Not created by me) but know and understand enough to apply it in real life as we proceed forwards in the blog. 

Let's get started.

"The sun rises in the East and sets in the West".

Elementary school stuff where we have all received 2 marks out of 2 in our Science exams.

Fact, right? 

Wrong. Horribly and Terribly.

The sun never rises or sets. 

It's just an illusion that we experience it on our Earth due to the planet's constant spin, rotation, and revolution around the sun which also perennially rotates and revolves around itself just like our planets in the solar system that goes around the sun and the Milky Way itself and other galaxies like Andromeda in the vast, expanding, infinitely yet finite Universe

This is precisely what Lord Krishna meant when he well-worded and put it succinctly that "Life is an Illusion" in The Bhagavad Gita. 

Some have interpreted it as "Life is a Lie" and others as "Change". 

But, when you understand it from Krishna's understanding of the working nature of the reality around us, he has meant that there's more to the viewable Life just like a Magician who saws a person into two on the stage and then gets his/her standing ovation.   

Does the magician really split the person as equally or unequally? 

No, they don't do it. It's an illusion. 

There's more to it than that meets the audience eyes which is essentially the secret behind the trick. 

There are tonnes of examples I could have effortlessly brought in for showcasing my point. 

Why did I bring in the highly specific example of "sun rising and setting"? 

First, To explain that Lord Krishna was unconditionally, unequivocally and unrestrainedly right when he stamped his authority on the way the mysterious forces of life weaves in and out like a needle to a thread on a cloth.

Second, kindly check out and re-understand the line again that I have highlighted in Bold particularly the word that I have Italicised and Underlined.

INTERPRETATION.

That's the key.

Whoever adheres to "Life is a Lie" will form their own school of thought with it and have it as their truth.

Whoever clings to "Change", they take it as their own personal truth.

In actual reality, both the schools of thoughts are only perspectives and opinions (Refer  The Fundas again for even more clarity) as they are nowhere close to what Lord Krishna intended when he lucidly articulated "Life is an Illusion".

"Dude...How do you know that's what Krishna really intended"? 

If I were you, I will be definitely and without any hesitation asking this question.

The answer is rather simple, direct and straight-forward.

Begins with the word 'Illusion'.

Oxford Dictionary defines and states to it be as "An instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience."

All a person has to do is to keep their eyes and ears keenly open to your surroundings and you will find that nature has abounding secrets to either automatically reveal herself or conduct observations and right inferences being meticulously done.

That's also why (thirdly) I had given the incontrovertible and indisputable real-life examples of "Sunrise and sunset" and the "magician" in the beginning itself.

These are beyond reproach, beyond question and can be empirically demonstrated anywhere and anytime.

Kindly don't bring in the fatuous and doltish argument that how do I know that Lord Krishna ever lived and walked on this planet.

Still, I will give the answer.

You have no solid proof that he did not exist. Likewise, I have no solid proof either that he existed.

But, what I can do is to enunciate a probable realistic situation.

Suddenly, we have an asteroid hurtling towards the Earth and wipes out our planet in a matter of seconds. 

Five hundred or Thousand years down the line, the future generation will have no idea that all of us lived in flesh and blood during the year 2018 when the cataclysmic event happened.

Just because the future generation do not how our face looked like or what we ate or how we dressed or the manner in which we thought, does it mean that none of us are alive now and I'm not typing this blog and you are not reading it whenever you are reading it?

That's exactly the case with Lord Krishna too. 

Some catastrophic event had transpired which ensured that all traces of his glorious Kingdom and his personal accounts are lost, dead and buried. 

In fact, there are reports have surfaced that people had discovered Dwarka under the sea near Gujarat. 

I don't know and cannot with much and such certitude as to whether the findings would change in the future or not. But, some of them are from our very own Govt. of India's backed ISRO.

1. ISRO's take

2. The Hindu's Article

3. From BBC

How does it matter even if Lord Krishna lived or died and "Life is an Illusion" matters and what does it have to do with truth and opinion? 

EVERYTHING.

Do go through them at your own leisure:

1. Ideas make the world

2. Perspectives

The bottom line is as plain as tasteless water - Survival.

The moment you have two or more than two schools of thoughts, tensions and frictions are sure to fly at top speed between/amongst them like an F1 car around the circuit. Things can take an ugly turn and spiral out of control when the ulterior motive is to reign supremacy over the other. It can most possibly lead to a breach of law wherein a person can commit a heinous act on another in the fury of the instance.

The crux of the Phlegethon problem narrows down to one irrefutable and undeniable fact that most of us don't have the capacity to hold contrasting viewpoints that conflict with our already held beliefs and opinions. Many are happy and like to be cocooned within our own little world as described by our views rather than seeking the truth that is full of surprise and wonder.

By saying this, I am not blaming or saying that they are wrong. It's 'limitedly right'.

If you don't have the capability for acceptance for the existence of something, it's actually difficult to hold two entirely different ideas in your mind as it results in confusion and tension which further creates fear and panic because of the perceived risk and uncertainty thus it leads to a direct threat to one's survival which brings about either a Flight or Fight response. 

When it is flight, then there are no issues. 

But, when there is a fight, it can once again trigger and incite violence thereby infringing on the law and order and getting caught in the wrong side of the law that is caused by the irrational action sparked off due to having simultaneously not digestible and different viewpoints. 

When you have a complete understanding that they are just that - Viewpoints - A slice of the one and whole truth which ought to be known to each and every one. 

This is where the vital distinction between truth and opinion play a critical role.

Everyone can have their own personal likes or dislikes - It's the natural inclination -  but the single and undisputed truth have got to be standardized across nations and religions as it rises even above cultures as well for peace and harmony not only to maintain the status quo but also to sustain it on an indefinite basis barring regional, state, and national boundaries.  

                                                            X---To Be Concluded---X

PS:

Now, do you understand why I brought in the 'Jumanji' reference earlier?

Still no?

Okay...If a person doesn't thoroughly comprehend what is an opinion or truth, then there will be undesirable or unacceptable consequences not only for themselves but also for others thereby stirring up the innate 'Fight or Flight' mode - For Survival.

Dum. Dum. Dum.