Infidelity
Writing about this topic itself is quite controversial. Seriously, what is the big deal about this word?
In the technical world, fidelity purely means output by input. So if your output performance is not as much as what input one is giving in then the fidelity of the process is low. However, in our world we have totally changed the definition of fidelity / infidelity and have made it to our convenience.
A human being in a relation is called infidel only when he / she has relations with another human being, which has more importance than the present one. We make a big deal about this particular phenomenon. There is a whole set of bolywood and even holywood movies and songs dedicated to infidelity. In fact generally women are targeted more in these songs or movies.
When I see such a hue and cry about this whole thing, it really makes me wonder how do we really understand what is infidelity? Why do we confine infidelity to only human beings? Like for example, I have seen men giving so much importance to things that are of trivial importance and women too giving undue importance to vanity even at the cost of their relations with their loved ones. Isn’t that called infidelity?
Isn’t it infidelity when your sweetheart cries her eyes out and urges you to spend some time with her when all you are thinking in your mind is when is she going to be in good mood so that you can go and enjoy your favorite sport? Isn’t it infidelity when a man desperately wants to be with his wife when all she thinks about how much more stuff she needs to buy for that grand party she is going to go next week? Why is it that it becomes of paramount importance only when it involves another human being?
I really don’t understand when and where do we draw a line.
2 comments:
Valid argument!
Rules - what and what not to do - are human-made...
As long as we, the humans, have conscience and respect each other, there is no need for these biased (for that matter, any sort of) rules...
The sad part is, it becomes really difficult for humans to have this conscience intact all the time (lame excuse though!)...
Makes me think - the worst kind of infidelity is the one commited against one's own self. At the end of the day we breathe,eat, think, do all for our own selves - Then why, when making other choices - whether it involves someone else or not, are we expected to think of the other person first? Is it really possible to remain honest with someone else, when we are being dishonest with ourself?
Somehow Ayn Rand's philosophy seems very true that altruism is the biggest farse.
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