How often do we hear the above mentioned words?
Especially in situations when there are chances of someone not taking anything well, or a comment not going down well with audience; in the situations when one needs to be politically correct and socially correct and be seen as morally upright.
But if we remove the facade of the mushy gushy all-OK things, we can look into sort of ugly interiors of what respecting the sentiments mean ... and what it hides.
Some of these reasons for expecting someone to respect the sentiments can be -
1. Person/ groups whose sentiments need to be respected are not open minded enough to hear a counter point of view, and my not be capable of any rational thoughts in that matter
2. There is something undesirable, or something ugly, or even something cancerous that needs to be hidden.
3. The truth might be extremely uncomfortable one, and ignorance might be a better option.
4. Deviation from the accepted norms is not desired. Reason - It has never been done so or no one has ever dared to go against it.
True. There might be many a situation, when these points may not be true, and not respecting the sentiments might not serve any purpose, nor give any point of view, nor expose an undesirable thing ... but more than it is often that ugly thing that which we wish to desperately hide, when we mention the term. So probably a line needs to be drawn.
But where to draw the line ?
... And sorry if I hurt any of your sentiments by my words.
Especially in situations when there are chances of someone not taking anything well, or a comment not going down well with audience; in the situations when one needs to be politically correct and socially correct and be seen as morally upright.
But if we remove the facade of the mushy gushy all-OK things, we can look into sort of ugly interiors of what respecting the sentiments mean ... and what it hides.
Some of these reasons for expecting someone to respect the sentiments can be -
1. Person/ groups whose sentiments need to be respected are not open minded enough to hear a counter point of view, and my not be capable of any rational thoughts in that matter
2. There is something undesirable, or something ugly, or even something cancerous that needs to be hidden.
3. The truth might be extremely uncomfortable one, and ignorance might be a better option.
4. Deviation from the accepted norms is not desired. Reason - It has never been done so or no one has ever dared to go against it.
True. There might be many a situation, when these points may not be true, and not respecting the sentiments might not serve any purpose, nor give any point of view, nor expose an undesirable thing ... but more than it is often that ugly thing that which we wish to desperately hide, when we mention the term. So probably a line needs to be drawn.
But where to draw the line ?
... And sorry if I hurt any of your sentiments by my words.
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