My pet aversions
Likes and dislikes are natural. They are part
of our life. Everybody has his own likes and dislikes. Man can be called a
bundle of these. The range of these is very vast. They may differ from man to
man. People of similar likings and aversions easily make friends with one
another. They make a good company and lasting friendship. The oft quoted saying,
''Birds of a feather flock together, very well underlines this fact. People like
to keep to their own kind of persons. They flock together based on their common
nature, likes, dislikes and similar cultural and educational background. I have
my own likes and dislikes. But they are rather sharp and well defined. I am very
well aware of them. I know my pet aversions so well as I do my name and palm of
my hand. I have no hesitation in admitting that they are many but a few of them
are really well pronounced. My friends, close relations and parents know them
fairly well.
Smoking is one of my pet aversions. I dislike
it from the very depth of my heart. I can hardly tolerate a person smoking near
me. The smokers with, cigarettes and cigars in their mouth here and there fill
me with a deep sense of hatred and repulsion. They pollute the atmosphere and
endanger the health of others besides their own. Recent researches have revealed
that passive smoking is no less harmful. Smoking in public places, cinema halls,
trains, aero planes, restaurants etc. should be strictly prohibited and the
offenders be punished. None should be allowed to smoke in these places. Smokers
emit foul smell from their mouths and hands and spoil the environment. This is
one of the many evils I dislike the most. In Pakistan wherever you go you find
the smokers galore. They may be found in trains, buses, on platforms,
bus-stands, cinema halls, markets, streets, public toilets, parks and roads.
They are shameless and obstinate people and do note stop smoking even when
others object to it. There is an urgent need of wide public awareness against
the evil of smoking.
Flattery is another of my pet aversions. I
dislike people who practice it. Flatterers are cheats and hypocrites. They have
no principles, conscience, values and ethics. They are abjectly selfish,
humorless and spineless people and can stoop too low to practice flattery. A
flatterer is the worst enemy and yet people like flattery and flatterers. I pity
such people and feel shocked at the illusion they are living in. They fail to
distinguish between genuine appreciation and false admiration for selfish
purposes. Not unlike smokers the world is full of flatterers. They are
ubiquitous. There seems an open competition in the use of flattery. People
indulge in flattery and ulterior and selfish motives. They flatter other people
to gain some favor, reward or undue material gain. Flattery has become a kind
of cottage industry with rich dividends and no investment at all. it really
pains me to see the vain and hollow persons getting immense pleasure and
satisfaction from flattery. In my opinion flattery is like a bait which is used
to ensnare people by the mean, unscrupulous and ignoble persons. Flattery is a
very clever means of deception of which everyone should be fully aware. I
condemn both the flatterers and the people who patronize and encourage it.
I have a strong dislike for promise
breakers as well. In my opinion promise-breaker and a flatterer stand on
the same level. They are worst kind of people and deserve all our contempt and
censure. ''Promise-breaker is a shoemaker'', is a well-known phrase. I heard it
for the first time when I was just three years old. And since then, I ever
remember it and try my best never to break promise made. A promise-breaker
is far worse than a shoemaker. People make promises but seldom keep them. They
find any retest good enough not to keep a promise. People borrow money, books
and other articles but fail to return on the promised day and time. Such people
are a shame and disgrace to the society. They cause untold suffering and trouble
to others. They practice it consciously and deliberately and tell lies. And they
feel proud of it. They feel they have made others fool but they are soon exposed
and then never believed and trusted by others. I dislike such people. I avoid
promise-breakers at all costs. It is a very bad and repulsive habit. Our
political leaders are the worst offenders in this respect. They make tall
promises at the time of elections but never fulfill them. And so they deserve
most severe criticism and denunciation. They promise mountains and do not
perform even molehills.
Backbiting is another evil I hate and dislike
most. A backbiter is no less dangerous and harmful than a flatterer or promise
breaker. Backbiters are worst kind of people as they speak ill at the back of
others. They are cowards and dare not criticize the people before them. They are
really jackals and wolves in the human form and deserve our utmost contempt and
censure. They cause immeasurable harm and damage to the society. They enjoy
character assassination and poisoning the ears of the people against others. We
should be well aware of tell tales and their cunning. They can create enmity and
hostility even between very intimate friends by their cunning craft of
backbiting and tale bearing. Tale-bearers, back-biters and rumor-mongers are a
definite nuisance to the society.
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