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Welcome to my virtual home. This is a little private space for me to put my thoughts and share my feelings since 2005. Due to my wide range of interests, there are perhaps too many tags. I would explain some of the less obvious tags:

"About Life" is really about how I have been pondering about life and what enlightenments and paradigm shifts I had experienced.

"About Psi" contains most topics about happiness, optimism vs pessimism,
confidence, comparison, pride and prejudice and other psychological aspects.

"About Logical Thinking" is about my own way of interpretating and explaining
certain issues, aiming to debunk (or create?) superficialness of them.

"About Ideology" is about my thoughts on big concepts like freedom, justice,
fairness in society and religion.

"About Society" is more about my observations about the society, often through interactions with different peoples.

"My Country" reveals my frustration, critics and hope
on my homeland - Malaysia.

"My Little Pieces" has more short posts though mostly are written in Mandarin.

While I do have some posts on book reviews and business, I am planning to
separate them into author-specific and content-specific blogs. Stay tuned.

Enjoy your reading!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

是非八卦

自旅行回来后见了一些朋友,聊了不少,发觉话题都集中于工作前景、人生方向、金钱管理、男女情爱这四方面。这些确实是将后人生的重点,大家都需要交换资讯和心得,既了解朋友的近况,也增广见闻开拓视野。

当然偶尔也会议论朋友的是非,难听一点就是“在背后说人坏话”。大家都认为这样做是缺德的,是三姑六婆的特色,做了会有少少的愧疚感,仿佛“在面前说坏话”才是正直清高,但实际上每个人或多或少都曾这么做,也肯定会在以后继续做。而更为奇怪的是,既然这个是事实,却总是被忽视,大家一旦听到别人在背后窃窃私语,猜忌心就会变得特别重,怀疑别人在背后造谣和中伤,邪恶战胜了理智,冷静完败于愤怒。赤柬恶魔波尔波特的主要力量正是来自猜忌,所以才会视屠杀为正义。

人与人之前的相处,总有许多灰色地带。很大程度上,“在背后说人坏话”并非造谣和中伤,而是交换对周遭朋友的评价。通过交换,一来拉近说话者之间的共识,二来了解更多的是非后才能更不主观地评价朋友。

当然,若是为了帮助被说坏话的朋友,应该也在他面前直说,好让他改善;但能做到固然好,做不到就不该勉强了。孔子说:“忠告而善道之,不可则止,毋自辱焉。”毕竟理论百分完美,实践十分困难。忠言总是逆耳,即便是善意的批评,也会被人怀疑,因为没有人乐意接受批评。无论“能不能做到“在面前说坏话”,“在背后说坏话”是必做的,因为两者的目的不同。

若说做人应大方接受别人坦率的批评,那也应该有气量去接受背后的议论。两者皆是镜子。若是扭曲的哈哈镜,何妨大笑一番?若是真实的平面镜,还不赶快细看?

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