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____Overgrown Pride and its Flaw (Part 1)

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One of the things i have learnt in my two years of national service, is the obvious, yet undiscussed problem with pride and "face". Recent past events have prompted me to rant about the hypocrisy that is brought about by pride. As such, immediate attention has to be put into this problem and I shall start the ball rolling in my blog.

In this example, general terms will have to be used for the fear of getting into some unwanted trouble, as such, the person I want to mention shall be labelled X . He commands a high rank in my camp, and is the first person to come to mind when discussing the problem of a big ego.
An ego so large, it could swallow the world world, and not to mention a few Jupiters and Saturns. My campmate, Y, has also blasted him and he even owns a blog entry that is dedicated to how unreasonable he can be just to save his face.

"No no... ya.. yah lah~... thats what i'm trying to say lah.. but u keep saying that... blah blah blah..." When somebody has proven X wrong, one can always hear him defend himself in this manner. As Y quoted, "he cuts u off midway thru your explanation" or even when you bring the "simple truth" before his eyes, he performs a Zidane version of a turn around, turning the tides back against you, twisting the facts, and then threathen to give you extras or just "CHARGE YOU!!" Then laugh his fake laugh and look to see if anyone laughs along with him. Leaving you to be the timid mouse, perplexed, and shiver with fear at the prospect of getting sent to DB. Or at least, that is what he thinks he has achieved. Purely toothless bites.

Such unreasonable self-defense is omnipresent in my camp. I see it almost everyday. I can even sense the next time X does it. It almost became funny. In fact, it is hilarious. It is fun identifying the next time he does it again. And when he does, I just laugh. In fact, I am laughing again just by thinking about it, at his incredulous tirade, such that I almost splurt my dinner out.

Such actions all boils down to the simple characteristic that everyone possess - "Pride". But X's pride is overgrown. Who can blame him? Afterall, he is the biggest and highest ranking shit in his vocation (though not for long I hope).
I suppose he has gotten used to the fact that people suck up to him (buying him canteen breaks) and the same people who will bear the brunt of his crap later. They are the people who give in, unwittingly causing the growth of his pride. A growth to an uncontainable, uncontrollable degree. He CANNOT take upsets, he can NEVER be proven wrong, he is ALWAYS right...

All this problems come along with qualifications (I shall discuss another example with "qualifications" in another entry), age, experience, and so-called wisdom.
Humans have adopted the "the young idiots do not know the facts"attitude. Yes, the young of course MUST listen to the old. Afterall, the old HAVE accumalated experience over the years. But what I do not see is the fact that they are stubborn. Unwilling to accept change.

Unwilling to accept the fact that someone is better.
Unwilling to accept that someone may be right afterall.
Unwilling to accept that they are WRONG...

Currently Feeling Like: Ryan Giggs looking at Jaap Stam ranting at his defence and ignoring Roy Keane's instructions and then, subsequently putting the ball into his own net. HaHa...

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