November 27, 2006
God is nice but not necessary. Skeptics are not nice but necessary.
*For whichever definition you know about 'nice'.
xxx
The first time I was called a skeptic, I was walking out of the school foyer in my secondary school, with some classmates. I was making a remark about the school, or the teachers. Then, this classmate laughed and called me a skeptic.
A skeptic. I thought it sounded negative.
Last night, at a family dinner with all my relatives and cousins, one of my cousins called me a cynic.
Mann, life must be hard for me from secondary till now, to have been progressed from a skeptic to a cynic.
But, I adamantly insisted that yes, I'm a skeptic, but not a cynic.
She asked, what's the difference?
It's kinda rude to call someone a cynic when you can't differentiate between a skeptic and a cynic eh? I am not going to tell you here too. Read it up yourself! dictionary.com
There is nothing negative at all, being a skeptic. This is what education should make out of all of us. Especially when this world we're living in are full of swindlers and politicians. If we want to think out of the box, we gotta first know that the box is somewhat problematic, or maybe the box is not even there. You just think it's there because well, someone always have to tell us something exists when it really doesn't. Like, democracy. haha
So, I'm a skeptic. I made remarks like, 'Is there any turtle that's native to Singapore, anyway?' when my cousin's pet turtle in USA was refused entry into Singapore by the AVA on grounds that the poor turtle is not native to Singapore. My cousins all laughed and in awe of me. *ahem* haha Because they said my expression when I made that remark was classic. Classically skeptical.
I'm glad there's something for them to remember their skeptical cousin by. Because the next time we meet, may not happen till a long time after last night.
Yeah? I'm a skeptic. So WHAT?
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 11:28