To err is human…..and to be able to justify that error is even more human. No matter what we do, right or wrong, in the end we justify it to ourselves.
Today a friend and I were gleefully downloading music of a yet to be released movie from a free site when another friend commented…..pirates!!! I was startled….my pleasure in the music destroyed.
I sat brooding, lost in thought for a few minutes. I am someone who has very strong ideas of right and wrong. But somehow I had never really thought about this in the context of right or wrong. I mean this is India. We buys movie CD’s the day after a movie is released, books which are reprinted, pirated software for our computers and download music from a free website. Everyone does it.
As my mind was churning and floating, it started to come up with a story for justifying the free download. By downloading music as opposed to buying a CD (frankly speaking how many of us would actually buy as much music as we download) we listen to it all, talk about it to other people and help make the music popular. A buzz is created and more people end up going to watch the movie in the theatre when it is released. So ultimately the film profits from this free download.
By the time I came to the end of this particular justification I felt immensely better and started enjoying my free downloaded music again.
Bottom line…….any wrong can be made right by applying the “Art of Justification”!
if I feel it is right I do it, damn others.
ReplyDeleteme too Rajat.....kabhi kabhi doubt ho jata hai :)
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ReplyDeleteevery thief/serial killer/rapist/chetaer/scamster thinks he has done a right thing and can justify his actions.
where does that leaves us?
that is true adee....i have seen lots of people do wrong and talk as though they are right......thats the way it is :(
ReplyDeleteSuch lame ass justification!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBTW if you wonder where terrorist get their funding its from sites like songs.pk through advertising. How do you think they have the songs before even the CD is released!!!So go on downloading but terrorists charge in ways other than that prescribed by the barter system....
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