All generalization is wrong
I started a new week with one quote I heard from Nuim Something of ABC, "All generalization is wrong" (Chesterton). I love this quote and I feel that this quote is in line with one of several principles of which I stick my life into: each of us; man, humanbeing, person, lives in our own box.
We live in there, alone, regardless our civil or social status. Forget about our beloved mother, lovers, children; we were born ALONE in the box. We "create our life" (No offense, dear God), around the box. We see things through little holes we make on it. We perceive facts of life based on it. In some cases, some of our box's side is touching that of others', sometimes we even share the side, but still, each one possesses his/her own box.
Who are we to say "OUR opinion..., WE think..., We believe...?" Well, they are gramatically right, but then again I believe that what they really tried to say is "MY opinion, which is also shared with..., I think, and some also think..., I believe and they also do...."
What WE call as "we" is a group of "I s" and "they" is a bunch of "yous". So, no more: Those Sundanese are really fond of sambal, you Irish are a crowd of drunkards.
All generalization is wrong, and why on earth did, again and again, I say "ALL generalization?"
Peace to you all, people with or without same opinion as mine.

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