the song's called 说好的幸福呢 by the way, not 失落非主流, which is the pseudo title given to the track because it's the leaked version (i found this out only recenly).
in response to my post where i expressed my dismay about a "friend" viciously stamping on my shin, someone, posting as anon, wrote that "life is never fair brother. never", which left me bemused on 2 counts.
firstly, i stated explicitly in a earlier post that i'd like all who are going to take the effort to comment to leave their names, because i think that it is basic decency to take responsibility for the comments that one makes. so i really puzzles me when someone decides to take the effort to express his/her opinion about something but not leave a name. all these while calling me "brother".
secondly, what on earth has fairness got to do with not stamping a friend, or anyone else for that matter, with your studs?
nonetheless, woody (my name for all anons from now on; i remember carrie chong doing this when she was still hosting say it with music) did bring something interesting up.
that life, indeed is never fair, it is an irrefutable fact of life.
but what exactly is fairness?
mathematically, fairness (or rather equality) just means that both sides of a equation must balance.
but life is never in terms of black and white. how then do we measure things that are not quantifiable? the answer is that we do not - we cannot - and therefore, life is not fair, because of our inability to balance the equation of the uncountable.
but do we then use the unfairness of life as an excuse?
let me give an example: china's decision to replace yang peiyi, the actual singer of 'ode to the motherland' in the opening ceremony of the bejing olympics with an allegedly prettier and cuter lin miaoke, which is basically saying that we're sorry, peiyi, but life isn't fair, you're not as pretty, not as cute as miaoke, so you don't get to go on stage. (some will than argue that because peiyi is born with a better voice, then it is only fair that miaoke, who isn't as good a singer, be blessed with better looks. such a argument only brings us back to a point made earlier - how do you measure the unmeasurable?)
or something a little more everyday.
i noticed that there's a difference in the way that i dealt with my charges at the after school care that i worked at during the holidays. to the brighter, "cuter" ones i usually grant more leeway, more tolerance, to their mischief. but woe be to the less talented, but normally better-behaved child should he/she attempt any shenanigan.
can i then say that too bad to the less talented child, that life isn't fair, deal with it?
i think not, and hence, i tried my best to be as fair as i could every time that i stepped into my work place, because indeed, life is not fair, it never will be (for the very essence of capitalism is unfairness), but surely, the world would be a better place with a little more fairness (nebulous though the defination of the word may be).
life is not fair, yes, but we sure can try and make it more fair.