Hopes...
Parents came back today, and immediately, we realised our thoughts clash. Mum and I. Now I'm throwing out to YOU and YOU take your side. Background Info: We were discussing a charming study looking at how TV influences children by examining the toys they request in their letters to Santa Claus. (Research led by Prof Karen Pine, author of: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.)
CL: Mumbling the background from lappy...
Mum: What toys they request?
CL: Pokemons, Batman's car for kids, StarWar's supernatural swords... Tsk, tsk, tsk... Don't their parents provide them with any better place to place their hopes?
Mum: Children need to have hope to live healthily.
CL: Ya laa, but not at the wrong place mah. If not they will eventually get upset when they realise that it's all their wishful thinkings...
Mum: Better than no hope for them. Especially for those who come from broken families. False hope is better than no hope.
CL: Disagree. No hope is better than false hope. At least they aren't looking forward to something which don't exist.
Mum: Get ready to go house gathering laa!! Too much time huh u?!
CL: (Decide to find supporters, heh heh...)
What do you think?
Take your pick!
False hope > No hope = Mum's side
No hope > False hope = CL's side
Take your pick!
False hope > No hope = Mum's side
No hope > False hope = CL's side
Don't know/Can't be bothered = No hope = Backside...
posted by CL @ 9:14 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Both are valid points. Hope, even false hope is a powerful thing, which can drive a person on even when all else seems moot.
But when his false hope is shattered, he may end up more worse off compared to not having hope in the start.
Works both ways...
clclclclcl!!!i tink u shld slp mr dan2tink abt dis,,,nvtl,i tk both!!!tt means m nt bkside?!?falsehope>nohope cos kids make wrong decisions evry nw n den so dey actuali alredi built e resilience spirit2accept falsehope.nohope>flasehope cos adults r so brittle.we wuldnt b able2tk e dud of chgin asumpts,plans,dreams.
n wan2noe y u wuldnt tk mumsside?bcos u rather2tk chrg of ur life den2tk risks.com'on my gal,ventureout!!!
ahem,commented w medical knowledge,,,
hey Dear CL! hmm.. yea.. it s gd to hv amicable disagreements - that's how ,we, get to see from many various perspectives in one same thing.that's one impt thing about sharing the gospel fr the listener's perspective
Quote CL
:"False hope > No hope =Mum's side
No hope > False hope =CL's side "
when someone has nothing else to sustain him &/or keep him alive on, other than hope - albeit false hope - that's really better than nothing.
Not only do i believe in miracles, but i do believe in the power of believing, the power of hope. (i know i sound crazy to debate Ol' Anderson, but, i'd say, i think the little girl selling match sticks would not have died in the cold had she hope & believed that she had a bright ,better tomorrow)
on the other hand, if one had plenty of other resources to "do something",then the gripping onto false hope+AND NOT "DOING ANYTHING" when one is really "hopeless" case. I guess in that sense, realising one's hopelessness is a better scenario!
ALL: Well, d and anonymous merely gave short analysis of the two options, maybe gave some different view points and added some lectures-.- BUT! I'll take XY's post as a vote to CL's side! Haha...
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