Basically, what I learnt in the lecture, put into a wider meaning would be: don’t trust anyone, we all have personal agendas, so if anyone’s nice to you, question it!
I’m a sceptical person at times, but I’m not quite willing to believe this yet. Is it healthy to be so cynical? Are people nice to others for their own gain?
Perfect example: valentine’s day. Now I don’t want to write a blog post complaining about how commercial the day is and blah blah blah like a typical single girl. However, I’ve always thought that Valentine’s day cleverly manages to trick clueless, confused couples into forced romanticism, because they feel that they have to.
Well, do some people go along with the festivities of February the 14th for their own reasons? In other words, do guys go to extra lengths on Valentine’s day just so they can get lucky? Or maybe just so they can keep in their girlfriend’s good books? How very sexist of me…
Relating this back to my lecture, and the bane of my life - journalism, basically, no one will give information just for the sake of the journalist. Everyone has their own hidden agendas, to look good, to appear ethical etcetera… even journalists themselves have selfish reasons behind their writing. Which got me thinking – what are my own reasons for writing? This blog isn’t to make myself appear good (if I wanted to do that, I wouldn’t write much!), or to push my own ideas onto others…but should we question everything?
If anyone were to comment on this blog post – would it be wise or just weird of me to contemplate their reasons behind it?
You may agree with me that cynicism, along with false teeth, appears to come with age. Is that because it takes years and years to come to terms with the truths of life and realise that there is good reason to be cynical? Yet, nobody wants to go through life questioning every compliment and nice gesture, wondering the reasons behind the things people do.
Everything you read in newspapers, see on the news and on the internet – well if you’re the well-informed type, you’d be exhausted if you wondered the reasons behind everything you read.
I’ve noticed that some people are very upfront and honest about things. Which is an attribute I definitely lack, and am often curious about. But does this mean that some people are less equipped to get away with having hidden motives?
I’m boycotting Valentine’s day this year, and celebrating Chinese New Year (when there’s a valid excuse to have a takeaway, it should always be taken advantage of) instead. But if someone decides to whisk me away on a trip to Paris, I’m not likely to go to great lengths to work out any ulterior motives.
in my view, as an aging individual, we question things every day, and certainly a persons motives, however i'm probably one of those annoyingly honest people, however its all in the delivery of the message. to a degree we are all cynical, we question everything its human nature. and yes ther is nearly always an alterior motive why guys buy flowers fo his girlfriend on a valentines day, thought everyone new that xxx
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