“You adore her/him because of her/his looks? How shallow are you?”
Is that not a pretty common sermon?
Beauty is always considered to be a vain quality. On the contrary intelligence is a highly acclaimed trait.
People generally use the following argument to consolidate their ideology:
“Beauty has been gifted to a person by God and hence a beautiful person does not deserve any praise.”
And we make our brains ourselves?
Another popular logic is:
“Beauty is transient…intellect develops with age.”
Wrong! Never heard of anything called senility?
If you are smitten by the tantalising beauty of a flower…so be it.
If you are besotted by a spell of blinding acumen…so be it.
But there is no need to denigrate somebody else’s object of affection. Either way we are hallowing something/someone for a quality which they have been blessed with. It is a matter of personal preference. If we want we can also think of our admiration as devotion to a higher power...a way of expressing humility in front of the supreme power that created something so enchanting. (That'd be a terribly pretentious effort at being spiritual though...)
I was equally enamoured by the machismo of Aragorn and the razor-sharp wit of Sherlock. I know they are not real…however you can cite real examples and set the trend.
sumthn real diffrent this time..its commom argumnt topic bt the side u took is seldom considered by others
ReplyDeletePartially agreed. Agreed on the fact that looks and intellect are not the parameters to judge people.
ReplyDeleteDisagreed on the fact that generally we all, to an extent have the capacity to use our minds. If we choose not to do so, then I see no point in our existence. Nobody expects everyone to do rocket science but I would like it if everyone read, explored and thought. We are hopelessly short on that.
And you cant possibly like someone because he looks like George Clooney ?! :D
Vineet...
ReplyDeleteI really don't agree to what most people generally say in this respect. :)
Spiderman...
ReplyDeleteI think we should appreciate the quality (beauty/intellect) rather than appreciating the one who possesses it. But that sounds ideally impossible.
I know that you consider George Clooney to be the most desirable man alive. Considering your judgement to be correct for argument's sake, I say that the answer to your question is "no"! Liking Mr. Clooney is very different from liking a lookalike of Mr. Clooney.
Another thing...I don't get your point of disagreement...perhaps you have assumed things I haven't written.
Visvesvarya for brains and cliopatra for beauty...some real life examples.
ReplyDeleteNice blog!