{"id":51,"date":"2016-04-06T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/sibhawprandom\/2016\/04\/06\/quote-unquote\/"},"modified":"2019-06-28T07:45:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T07:45:04","slug":"quote-unquote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/2016\/04\/06\/quote-unquote\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote Unquote"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the era of social media , it has become the trend to share ‘Quotes’ . Find out what you want to say, then check out who has said a similar thing, modify it a bit and it will carry more weight. I have done a subtle experiment on Facebook ,don’t tell anyone, to embellish my sayings ,with some good background, fancy fonts and finally by appending the name of some celebrity . It definitely gets more ‘likes’, thank God there is no provision for ‘dislike’. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Actually there is no harm in these ‘shares’ as long as you just keep receiving and forwarding , focusing only on the number of ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ ;not really reading anything, or seriously considering the contents. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Trouble starts when some one reads and may be follows it up with some study of his own and then he feels offended. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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I have been receiving some serious sounding stuff on parenting, attributed to Tamil saint Thiruvalluvar. . These sayings were everywhere except in the only book he is said to have written ! This is one work, I have been carrying even on LRPs (Long Range Patrols, for mycivilian friends)… <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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In some of the groups , I pointed it out, then I just got tired of pointing out, since few read them anyway. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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There was another quote attributed to Swami Vivekananda. This was particularly creative as it just mentioned one part of the paragraph and conveniently left the concluding remark , which was 180 degrees apart. I have always carried the complete works of Swami… wherever I have been . So, immediately I checked back and got so upset, seeing the out of context, mischievous ‘quote’ . I shouldn’t have got upset really but somethings are beyond you . Got to be a little thick-skinned, if you want to surf the social media sites and also read. Who cares for the niceties of right and wrong and feelings of readers. Finally I wrote a blog pos<\/a>t to assuage my hurt sentiments and it ended there. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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So, in any group, I think it is better to avoid ‘quotes’ on anything particularly subjective issues. Once you own responsibility for your words , it is very difficult to make sweeping statements like ‘Christians are always good’ or ‘Jews are always bad’ , though it is convenient to post the same as views expressed by Hitler or Pope. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Secondly, If a quote has to be posted why not check out on the validity,  the time, place and the purpose of the quote , by consulting Prof Google for 5-10 minutes?<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Note<\/u> This does not apply to anecdotes which are best expressed by the narrator in his own style. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Tailpiece :<\/u> What is a rule if you cant break it. Having spoken at length about quotes, here’s a quote by Chanakya “Rumour mongers should be given death penalty” . I quoted this to a fellow-officer at a lighter moment for spreading some silly rumour of some one having received his posting order to some place. (cant think beyond). He assumed a very serious posture and replied “Murali , I am not spreading any rumour, I just originated it. Others are spreading it; go and kill them”.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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