Some spare coins. The price of Mexican double sided-moral.
The truth. Yes. Here we go, once again, with one of those concepts which is subjectiv and hard to define. Particularly in Mexican culture.
In the field of journalism the truth is kinda easier to identify: basically, you stay away from the events you are reporting on as much as possible and then you sort of get "the truth". Objectitvity and fairness make things a little simpler. However, when it comes to real life, WHAT THE HECK IS THE TRUTH? Something uncomfortable for some people? Maybe. Something that sometimes we are not likely to face? Maybe. Something we like as well as something harmful? Yes, both of them.
I like the truth. And liking it, doesn´t mean that I have the truth in my hands. I definetely have to write about it, cuz I have faced some trouble due to my likeliness of truth. I have even been classified as a "mean guy" just beacuse of saying not the whole truth, but just what I consider the truth.
While I was in college, a lot of people, either close friends, friends or people I just talked to a couple of times, said me "Isaac, you´re so mean," "Isaac, you are such a mean person," "One of this day you are going to pay for being mean to so many people". Well, first, I have to say that I have to take as a compliment those who have called me a "mean person" because they, somehow, still consider me a person. Second, those who just call me a mean entity are mostly the ones who I am the most honest to. Therefore, they are the ones who hate me the most. LOVE IT!!!
When you live in a developing country like Mexico you always find lots of children, adults and older people begging for money on the streets. Some other sell gum, candies or are intending to clean your car´s windshield. As most of this anecdotes took place while I was in collge, and therefore I mostly used metro or bus to get to uni, let´s just focus on people begging for money.
I always looked at those children that with a little voice politely approached me and asked for a coin. After living 22 years in the biggest city of the world, I am so use to it that sometimes is an automatic reaction to say no. Sometimes I didn´t even finish to pronounce the monosylabic "No" when the person next to me (friend, mate or whatever) immediately spit it out the phrase "Isaac, you are mean. One day you will pay for that." Pay? I am already paying by living in a country that is just not made for me. Dealing with hundreds of homeless people is not a payment? What did they exactly mean by "pay"? Probably, that I would receive a lesson that eventually would make me aware and help me to appreciate all the things I have, which is weird, cuz I alredy appreciate all I have.
Well, I would like to ask those who consider me a mean person - based on the fact I dont give coins to poor people: Giving away coins to poor people would turn me into a "good person"?. Isn´t it a worse thing to pretend to be a good person by giving away spare coins that I need as well as those poor people do? I personally consider that as moral corruption, yeah, it sucks and is worse that political or civil corruption. I mean, it is like if I was trying to get a pair of angel wings to make my path to heaven a little easier, which obviously wouldn´t work at all.
I am almost totally sure that I could spend a minimum of $100 mexican pesos every day by giving one peso to different poor people and I would remain the same. Or may be I should ask those "good guys and girls" how they are doing with they daily-spare change-giveaway. Probably I missed a new moral or social rule which might establish that the doors to heaven open faster when you spend $500 mex peso per week, or maybe I have no longer to regret about certain things I do (do I ever regret about things I do? Of course not LOL)
I have been called materialistic, just because I like money, to have the latest gadgets, traveling and shopping. Yes, I like it and so? At least I accept that fact, and I work for it. I guess it is totally valid and even more important: i´ts honest from me. I am being honest with the only person I have to be honest: myself. I prefer to accept to be a materialistic and greedy guy rather than to undermine and putting myself into a concept of a "charitable and altruist person".
I have nothing against those who enjoy activities such as volunteering and charities, because I am not stupid and I am totally aware that there are people that, as well as I accept to be a materialistic guy, also enjoy to do altruist work. But what really pisses me off is the false double faced-moral that the real mean persons use to disguise themselves and to relief their kick-in-the-ass-style damn behaviour a little bit. THAT´S TOTALLY MEAN!!!. However, whenever you say all of this to a person of their kind, well, suddenly all the world turns upsidedown and I always end up being the mean guy.
Hell, what´s wrong with the supporters of Mexican double sided-moral? They criticize materialistic people and their likeliness to money, but at the same time are intending to buy a good-person status by giving away spare coins. That sounds really spooky to me THAT´S BULLSHIT!!!!!!! I prefer the mean people honesty. I will always stay like that.
I mean, I prefer to save a daily $100 mex. pesos in my pocket, I will not become the richest guy in the world with that amount, but curiously enough I will be completely sure that I didn´t try to buy a little relief for my soul. Isn´t it true?
Love ya!!!
In the field of journalism the truth is kinda easier to identify: basically, you stay away from the events you are reporting on as much as possible and then you sort of get "the truth". Objectitvity and fairness make things a little simpler. However, when it comes to real life, WHAT THE HECK IS THE TRUTH? Something uncomfortable for some people? Maybe. Something that sometimes we are not likely to face? Maybe. Something we like as well as something harmful? Yes, both of them.
I like the truth. And liking it, doesn´t mean that I have the truth in my hands. I definetely have to write about it, cuz I have faced some trouble due to my likeliness of truth. I have even been classified as a "mean guy" just beacuse of saying not the whole truth, but just what I consider the truth.
While I was in college, a lot of people, either close friends, friends or people I just talked to a couple of times, said me "Isaac, you´re so mean," "Isaac, you are such a mean person," "One of this day you are going to pay for being mean to so many people". Well, first, I have to say that I have to take as a compliment those who have called me a "mean person" because they, somehow, still consider me a person. Second, those who just call me a mean entity are mostly the ones who I am the most honest to. Therefore, they are the ones who hate me the most. LOVE IT!!!
When you live in a developing country like Mexico you always find lots of children, adults and older people begging for money on the streets. Some other sell gum, candies or are intending to clean your car´s windshield. As most of this anecdotes took place while I was in collge, and therefore I mostly used metro or bus to get to uni, let´s just focus on people begging for money.
I always looked at those children that with a little voice politely approached me and asked for a coin. After living 22 years in the biggest city of the world, I am so use to it that sometimes is an automatic reaction to say no. Sometimes I didn´t even finish to pronounce the monosylabic "No" when the person next to me (friend, mate or whatever) immediately spit it out the phrase "Isaac, you are mean. One day you will pay for that." Pay? I am already paying by living in a country that is just not made for me. Dealing with hundreds of homeless people is not a payment? What did they exactly mean by "pay"? Probably, that I would receive a lesson that eventually would make me aware and help me to appreciate all the things I have, which is weird, cuz I alredy appreciate all I have.
Well, I would like to ask those who consider me a mean person - based on the fact I dont give coins to poor people: Giving away coins to poor people would turn me into a "good person"?. Isn´t it a worse thing to pretend to be a good person by giving away spare coins that I need as well as those poor people do? I personally consider that as moral corruption, yeah, it sucks and is worse that political or civil corruption. I mean, it is like if I was trying to get a pair of angel wings to make my path to heaven a little easier, which obviously wouldn´t work at all.
I am almost totally sure that I could spend a minimum of $100 mexican pesos every day by giving one peso to different poor people and I would remain the same. Or may be I should ask those "good guys and girls" how they are doing with they daily-spare change-giveaway. Probably I missed a new moral or social rule which might establish that the doors to heaven open faster when you spend $500 mex peso per week, or maybe I have no longer to regret about certain things I do (do I ever regret about things I do? Of course not LOL)
I have been called materialistic, just because I like money, to have the latest gadgets, traveling and shopping. Yes, I like it and so? At least I accept that fact, and I work for it. I guess it is totally valid and even more important: i´ts honest from me. I am being honest with the only person I have to be honest: myself. I prefer to accept to be a materialistic and greedy guy rather than to undermine and putting myself into a concept of a "charitable and altruist person".
I have nothing against those who enjoy activities such as volunteering and charities, because I am not stupid and I am totally aware that there are people that, as well as I accept to be a materialistic guy, also enjoy to do altruist work. But what really pisses me off is the false double faced-moral that the real mean persons use to disguise themselves and to relief their kick-in-the-ass-style damn behaviour a little bit. THAT´S TOTALLY MEAN!!!. However, whenever you say all of this to a person of their kind, well, suddenly all the world turns upsidedown and I always end up being the mean guy.
Hell, what´s wrong with the supporters of Mexican double sided-moral? They criticize materialistic people and their likeliness to money, but at the same time are intending to buy a good-person status by giving away spare coins. That sounds really spooky to me THAT´S BULLSHIT!!!!!!! I prefer the mean people honesty. I will always stay like that.
I mean, I prefer to save a daily $100 mex. pesos in my pocket, I will not become the richest guy in the world with that amount, but curiously enough I will be completely sure that I didn´t try to buy a little relief for my soul. Isn´t it true?
Love ya!!!
posted by Pequelandia´s Governor @ 12:18 AM
2 Comments:
Fortunately for both of us, Isaac, there is no heaven.
So you buy an iPhone and I'll hop a plane to Tahiti.
Fuck the hypocrites.
I prefer the truth over all. I try to be direct and express everything I think even If I'm considered a mean guy (or girl, you know I accept the fact that I'm a woman)
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