"CLICHE BUSTING"

i have an idea for a thinking game...

1) choose a cliche
2) explain why it is and/or is not valid
3) discussion may, or may not, ensue
4) at end of post, suggest another cliche to be given "the treatment" (optional)





small print:
rules? none
prizes or awards? nope
judges? nuh uh, there is no right or wrong


come'n'play

ok, i will start:

Quote :

1) choose a cliche

"YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER"

Quote :

2) explain why it is and/or is not valid

this one has lots of angles to it... the most recent example
for my self was susan boyle - i was shocked at my self
with its pre-judgement and instant labeling and small
mindedness, so i was reminded to withhold judgement
until further investigation...
***
on the flipside, i have had so many years of involvement
with people and experiences and introspection ... lots of bits
of data stored away ... combined with a trust in my feelings,
whether it is sensing something immediately about a person
or a situation - something in the energy which is felt then
filtered through the experience data at the same moment
new data is being created ... my point here is, that i often
do find myself judging the book by its cover - i try to steer clear
if i sense harm or confusion or even just a waste of time.....
***
came back to add, that in a literal sense, i have spent hours
in bookstores and libraries and the cover of book may
indeed draw me to it - i may not read it, or i may ... but
the cover draws me to it in the first place

Quote :

4) at end of post, suggest another cliche to be given "the treatment" (optional)

"IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE"

"IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE"

LOL...I generally agree with this statement. Through personal experience it's easier to validate what you're talking about. Otherwise it's a bit of speculation based on what you've read or heard. Yes to me it's all about the 'experience'.

Look at 'Dog The bounty hunter', he's good at his job because he has first hand experience in the desperate lifestyle of crooks and can anticipate their movements and behaviours leading to a catch.

This is like mythbusters...lol Sorry no bust but hey it's just my opinion.

What about this one -

YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT DRINK

Okay I will try with this one............that's all I will try.

In my brain this says to me.............say if someone is going down the heroin path or whatever it is and it's probably going to kill them.............no matter how much information e.g. vid, documentations, testimony they get if they don't really want to stop that harmful thing their doing nothing is going to stop them unless they really want to. I will give you an example.

At the moment we have very vivid msm commercials of what smoking can cause, they have a man with a permanent tracheotomy because of throat cancer and the ontorologist is putting a scope down his permanent tracheotomy to check if the cancer has come back. The guy with it says he got throat cancer from smoking, (this could be debatable on my part).

Then you have the msm commercials of lung cancer pictures, mouth cancer the whole ball game. A lot of smokers might say that's it, I don't want to get that so I will stop. I have been a smoker for 41 years and I see all these and it does not make me want to stop so there is an example.

So despite being shown the consequences if people refuse to do something there is not much you can do to change their minds imho.


So here is mine -

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.