tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854754330601458165.post-74137895969725296162008-07-04T00:13:00.004+08:002008-07-04T00:40:30.170+08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">From time to time, I checked what's happening across the digital causeway</span>, very "luan" - our own politicians must be laughing heartily at the quality of the politicians there. Sigh!<br /><br />Nevertheless, across the causeway, the politicians, they are nothing if not colourful - I check out the Malaysian blog scene regularly, interesting blogs, among them, <a href="http://www.rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/">Rantings by MM </a>whose recent posting has an article on hypocrisy:<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Deep Down, We Can’t Fool Even Ourselves" By JOHN TIERNEY, New York Times</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>.....Politicians are hypocritical for the same reason the rest of us are: to gain the social benefits of appearing virtuous without incurring the personal costs of virtuous behavior. If you can deceive even yourself into believing that you’re acting for the common good, you’ll have more energy and confidence to further your own interests — and your self-halo can persuade others to help you along.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>But as useful as hypocrisy can be, it’s apparently not quite as basic as the human instinct to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Your mind can justify double standards, it seems, but in your heart you know you’re wrong. </em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I have make a comment on this posting and hope she will accept my comment.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">It's quite interesting the Western MSM published some thoughtful articles espousing the truth, debunking hypocrisy etc. Very effectively, you get the impression that they are very credible, you then tends to readily endorse and accept other news being published by them.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">It may be too much to ask them to research and examine their own personal or own media's example of hypocrisy at the same time, instead of bashing the politicians and other personalities we all loves to hate. But of course, we all have the rights not to implicate ourselves.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I have make several postings recently about seeking reasons and truth, it's a long way from home.</span>Monsoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934267908617858892noreply@blogger.com