Thursday, June 23, 2011

Puppets of Public Opinion

Today lets just talk about them. They can be found everywhere around you. There could be a fair chance that you are among them. Its upto you to decide whether you are or not. These kind of people do not have their own opinions. They live on the decisions of others around them. When they go to some restaurant, they are among those who does not object to any menu ordered. When you ask them, they will say, "Take anything you wish, I have no problem." When you go to shopping with them, these people give the worst kind of suggestions, in the sense that they will give thumps up to any thing you ask their opinion of. These people have their own decicions but do not have the courage to stick to that. In general english, you can call them sheepish. Here the word sheepish justifies two meanings, means they are shy but also they are like the sheep who follows the group blindly.
They sacrifice their own desires, urges for the sake of public opinion. They think they are trying to avoid conflicts but what is the use of doing things you don't like. Even if sometimes they share their seperate view, next moment they feel guilty, they compare themselves as rebels. In one way, these people are so unselfish that they live their whole life to fullfill others dreams and desires. The situation worsens when they realise that they are the puppets of public opinion. Automatically their actions demand for their own existence. That time they oppose every public opinion to maintain their individuality, even if they genuinely favoured it once. Melancholically they loose the sense of their decision making ability and helplessly they search for the puppet master with his threads. Thus comes the proverb, "pulling the right threads"

2 comments:

Yashodhan said...

Great post! I wish you had gone deeper.

Rahul said...

i totally agree u yashya....it could have been better but i was too reluctant to wait for right words..as this was more semiautobiographically..u know :)

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