The Age of Excuses or In Defence of the Most Creative Art... (Part I)
I shudder from the thought of a world without excuses.
Not convinced? All right, let’s see why it is so.
We start with the basics... the definition... though a very bland one for something that brings out the creative best in people. An Excuse is defined as "An act to explain (a fault or an offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood." (Reference: Dictionary.com).
Great people have condemned this act and its (supposed) absurdity. Excuses are considered as the example of utter incompetence… But, they have preferred to overlook its virtues. Let's give it it's due and view it in a more positive light.
I consider an act of making excuses as the biggest phenomenon in earth. When the need arises, even the most autistic deadwood, also, can come up with lots of good excuses that one has never heard before. Hence, the first lesson... Life would be less interesting without this biggest (I repeat... biggest) phenomenon on earth.
Stay put, my dear friend, we are going to come across lots more as we progress along...
Despite all concerted efforts to denounce this phenomenon, this has thrived, and is thriving well. The most pertinent example for this is the fact that, we still make it... and we are getting better at that everyday. Shows the tenacity of men (and women) in the face of savage onslaught...
Before the anti-modernist come out, and start making all those noises, let me assure you, this is not a modern media creation. This is an age-old art, which has inspired many interesting episodes since long... and helped in mending many a broken heart.
The Holy Bible lists many instances where excuses were given. Let's start with the primary one...
(Genesis 2:16-17) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
When confronted with their sin Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpent and the serpent slinked away.
(Genesis 3:12-13) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Look at the positives. If Adam and Eve would not have come out with such a beautiful excuse, the whole human race would have become so boring… so utterly plain… and we all would have certainly missed those Bangaru-sque lines from our daily newspapers (“Oh, I was just taking money for the party’s cause...”).
Next is The Age of Excuses or In Defence of the Most Creative Art... (Part II)
Not convinced? All right, let’s see why it is so.
We start with the basics... the definition... though a very bland one for something that brings out the creative best in people. An Excuse is defined as "An act to explain (a fault or an offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood." (Reference: Dictionary.com).
Great people have condemned this act and its (supposed) absurdity. Excuses are considered as the example of utter incompetence… But, they have preferred to overlook its virtues. Let's give it it's due and view it in a more positive light.
I consider an act of making excuses as the biggest phenomenon in earth. When the need arises, even the most autistic deadwood, also, can come up with lots of good excuses that one has never heard before. Hence, the first lesson... Life would be less interesting without this biggest (I repeat... biggest) phenomenon on earth.
Stay put, my dear friend, we are going to come across lots more as we progress along...
Despite all concerted efforts to denounce this phenomenon, this has thrived, and is thriving well. The most pertinent example for this is the fact that, we still make it... and we are getting better at that everyday. Shows the tenacity of men (and women) in the face of savage onslaught...
Before the anti-modernist come out, and start making all those noises, let me assure you, this is not a modern media creation. This is an age-old art, which has inspired many interesting episodes since long... and helped in mending many a broken heart.
The Holy Bible lists many instances where excuses were given. Let's start with the primary one...
(Genesis 2:16-17) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
When confronted with their sin Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpent and the serpent slinked away.
(Genesis 3:12-13) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Look at the positives. If Adam and Eve would not have come out with such a beautiful excuse, the whole human race would have become so boring… so utterly plain… and we all would have certainly missed those Bangaru-sque lines from our daily newspapers (“Oh, I was just taking money for the party’s cause...”).
Next is The Age of Excuses or In Defence of the Most Creative Art... (Part II)
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