Life is like an End User Agreement
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Life is like End User Agreements . Thats the conclusion today but before your mind starts searching for the I Accept button, let me write about what i started writing first and then come to the above point (even if they dont seem to connect).(so no need to post a comment saying huh whats the point it doesnt make sense etc. I know about it. I accept it. Its sort of a subtle style to make you think that the lawmaker could be someone like me. or frankly the muse has gone on a weekend vacation) Well so u arrive at the date, oh how awful this is. And you don't know what to talk! Its easier receiving an Oscar, all you have to say is thank you to as many people as they will allow in the alloted seconds. (Of course you will omit some but you can also say i ran out of time or say of course i mentioned you. You were the first person i mentioned. Didnt you know i thought you were God.).
Before anyone starts wondering on my obsession with dating or start thinking ïf someone writes all this dumb stuff, perhaps God kindly endowed her with beauty and perhaps, another Ash (no Ash fans i didnt call her dumb) like to clarify that i am married and on the threshold of Thirty(Yeah when you still like to think you dont look thirty and the teenagers call you Aunty!).
I have wandered far from what i started(Those of you who after reading everything on the net, including the End User agreements might click on the link "The other Sky"and come to pages which give link to other stories i have writtenand got published and importantly got paid for. Most of them deal with law and life. And some may start wondering since i write about law and since i seem to jump from one point to another with a logic which seem like a walk through a maze, if, i am a lawyer. I am not. Though i had it as a subject in B.Com. All i remember from that is Ïgnorance of law is not an excuse". Interesting in a country with the illiteracy level as ours. And what struck me was the smart guy Jeffrey Archer. (ok not smart enough to avoid prisons. but he did write books about it. who will think that writing about what he has for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and the work he has to do will make a bestseller. even if for the most of the days its the same stuff. and that too not just one book).(Anyway long long ago(when i was young) he did seem to be very smart and write smart books.)
Coming back to my ignorance of law point. By publishing his (Archer) diary, he had broken Rule 51 Para 23 by "naming staff such that they could be "identified" of the prison rules. And every immate has access to a copy of the prison rules in the library. Archer says that anyone who read his book on Belmarsh prison would know that he wasnt allowed to visit the library at Belmarsh.But even for Archer, Ignorance of law is no excuse and he was punished for it. If that could happen to JA. wonder about what the ordinary folks, know about law and how do they deal about it when they have to. On August 13, in the premises of the civil court, a group of women from the Kasturba Nagar slum of Nagpur attacked an accused rapist, Bharat alias Akku Yadav, with chilli powder, stones and sharp weapons. The result? The man died and four of the women have been taken into custody. What is even more shocking is that women police constables who knew of the case have eportedly stated, "If we were to be in their place, we would have done the same." http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/aug/ksh-justice.htm Honestly what would any one of us do, if we see a crime. Even becoming a witness, would make us think twice. We will worry not just if some don with a weird hairdo or an even worse laugh will send his henchman after us but also how many times they will have to go to police station and how many times they will have to go to court. Dont we categorise crime and think if it will be worth the effort to report it , even if we become a victim. How many will think twice before reporting a molestation or a theft of Rs.500. And worse how many will know they have been victimised. Minimum wages, laws reg sexual harrasment etc.
If you have read this far, and can't stand reading anymore of what you already know,and like the judge in the movies will like to bring me to task with an örder, order". (wishing of course that you could bang on my head); i will quickly conclude. I mentioned all this to say why i read a bit about law and write about law and life.(a site for those who would like to read about Bare Acts (dont get excited, it has nothing to do with anatomy.) http://www.helplinelaw.com
If Sweetnothings was wondering about being drunk from my irst post, after reading it now, will be wondering if this is hell after death. And The Creek will be thinking - reading this blog too should be in the never urgent never important list. (an interesting list thanks for mentioning)(Assuming of course that those who read it once will come back to read it again).Re whateveritis "Inspiration exists but it should find you working - Picaso"; i couldnt agree more but unfortunately my muse still hasnt read it. Well so if your life isn't full of people - from your teacher, to your parents to your spouses , telling you what you know you have to do, what is good for you etc etc, you have one more which makes you wonder "God what did i do wrong"- this blog. But the good thing about this blog is that while you cant shut the others, you dont have to read this. Unless, of course, you have been caught using the net in the office, and your HR manager thinks that readin this blog will keep you off the net.
When i remarked earlier about End User Agreements, i wanted to point out how many of us accept law in good faith. Since i have categorised under philosophy ( i will make another post on category) i will round off with - life is also like the End user agreement , sometimes, the best option is just to click accept.Is Accepting practical?When you resist what is happening in life, what is happening continues to happen, creating misery in you.When you accept what is happening in life, what is happening continues to happen, leaving you blissful. This is not an advertisement for inertia. There is a lot of difference between Ï dont like what is and i want it to be this and I accept what is and i would now make it this. (There is a good article on this on (i think feb 2004 Awakening)frozen
thoughts mag at www.almamater.com). And trust me, you wont roll your eyes when u read that.
PS : Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. Bentham, Jeremy ; 1748-1832, British Philosopher, Jurist, Political Theorist
Posted by gayathri eswar on 01:19 PM
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my 2nd post in rediff blog, pasted here.
Life is like End User Agreements . Thats the conclusion today but before your mind starts searching for the I Accept button, let me write about what i started writing first and then come to the above point (even if they dont seem to connect).(so no need to post a comment saying huh whats the point it doesnt make sense etc. I know about it. I accept it. Its sort of a subtle style to make you think that the lawmaker could be someone like me. or frankly the muse has gone on a weekend vacation) Well so u arrive at the date, oh how awful this is. And you don't know what to talk! Its easier receiving an Oscar, all you have to say is thank you to as many people as they will allow in the alloted seconds. (Of course you will omit some but you can also say i ran out of time or say of course i mentioned you. You were the first person i mentioned. Didnt you know i thought you were God.).
Before anyone starts wondering on my obsession with dating or start thinking ïf someone writes all this dumb stuff, perhaps God kindly endowed her with beauty and perhaps, another Ash (no Ash fans i didnt call her dumb) like to clarify that i am married and on the threshold of Thirty(Yeah when you still like to think you dont look thirty and the teenagers call you Aunty!).
I have wandered far from what i started(Those of you who after reading everything on the net, including the End User agreements might click on the link "The other Sky"and come to pages which give link to other stories i have writtenand got published and importantly got paid for. Most of them deal with law and life. And some may start wondering since i write about law and since i seem to jump from one point to another with a logic which seem like a walk through a maze, if, i am a lawyer. I am not. Though i had it as a subject in B.Com. All i remember from that is Ïgnorance of law is not an excuse". Interesting in a country with the illiteracy level as ours. And what struck me was the smart guy Jeffrey Archer. (ok not smart enough to avoid prisons. but he did write books about it. who will think that writing about what he has for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and the work he has to do will make a bestseller. even if for the most of the days its the same stuff. and that too not just one book).(Anyway long long ago(when i was young) he did seem to be very smart and write smart books.)
Coming back to my ignorance of law point. By publishing his (Archer) diary, he had broken Rule 51 Para 23 by "naming staff such that they could be "identified" of the prison rules. And every immate has access to a copy of the prison rules in the library. Archer says that anyone who read his book on Belmarsh prison would know that he wasnt allowed to visit the library at Belmarsh.But even for Archer, Ignorance of law is no excuse and he was punished for it. If that could happen to JA. wonder about what the ordinary folks, know about law and how do they deal about it when they have to. On August 13, in the premises of the civil court, a group of women from the Kasturba Nagar slum of Nagpur attacked an accused rapist, Bharat alias Akku Yadav, with chilli powder, stones and sharp weapons. The result? The man died and four of the women have been taken into custody. What is even more shocking is that women police constables who knew of the case have eportedly stated, "If we were to be in their place, we would have done the same." http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/aug/ksh-justice.htm Honestly what would any one of us do, if we see a crime. Even becoming a witness, would make us think twice. We will worry not just if some don with a weird hairdo or an even worse laugh will send his henchman after us but also how many times they will have to go to police station and how many times they will have to go to court. Dont we categorise crime and think if it will be worth the effort to report it , even if we become a victim. How many will think twice before reporting a molestation or a theft of Rs.500. And worse how many will know they have been victimised. Minimum wages, laws reg sexual harrasment etc.
If you have read this far, and can't stand reading anymore of what you already know,and like the judge in the movies will like to bring me to task with an örder, order". (wishing of course that you could bang on my head); i will quickly conclude. I mentioned all this to say why i read a bit about law and write about law and life.(a site for those who would like to read about Bare Acts (dont get excited, it has nothing to do with anatomy.) http://www.helplinelaw.com
If Sweetnothings was wondering about being drunk from my irst post, after reading it now, will be wondering if this is hell after death. And The Creek will be thinking - reading this blog too should be in the never urgent never important list. (an interesting list thanks for mentioning)(Assuming of course that those who read it once will come back to read it again).Re whateveritis "Inspiration exists but it should find you working - Picaso"; i couldnt agree more but unfortunately my muse still hasnt read it. Well so if your life isn't full of people - from your teacher, to your parents to your spouses , telling you what you know you have to do, what is good for you etc etc, you have one more which makes you wonder "God what did i do wrong"- this blog. But the good thing about this blog is that while you cant shut the others, you dont have to read this. Unless, of course, you have been caught using the net in the office, and your HR manager thinks that readin this blog will keep you off the net.
When i remarked earlier about End User Agreements, i wanted to point out how many of us accept law in good faith. Since i have categorised under philosophy ( i will make another post on category) i will round off with - life is also like the End user agreement , sometimes, the best option is just to click accept.Is Accepting practical?When you resist what is happening in life, what is happening continues to happen, creating misery in you.When you accept what is happening in life, what is happening continues to happen, leaving you blissful. This is not an advertisement for inertia. There is a lot of difference between Ï dont like what is and i want it to be this and I accept what is and i would now make it this. (There is a good article on this on (i think feb 2004 Awakening)frozen
thoughts mag at www.almamater.com). And trust me, you wont roll your eyes when u read that.
PS : Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. Bentham, Jeremy ; 1748-1832, British Philosopher, Jurist, Political Theorist
Posted by gayathri eswar on 01:19 PM
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my 2nd post in rediff blog, pasted here.
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