Truth: has a whole new meaning. Ever since philosophers and politicians gave too much importance to 'everyone having their own view', humans have lost the common basis on which validity of people's words could be judged. No more is truth brutal. Brutal though, is the effect this new version has on the interactions between two people who neither share the same beliefs nor would perform the same actions under similar circumstances. Have you never felt it was alright to plagiarize just because everyone else did so? If everyone states the same opinion, does it become the truth? Are laws a form of truth then? If you say a lie a hundred times, you can observe how your mind actually starts believing in it.
Misunderstanding is a much simpler concept. It is an instance of ineffective communication. The current phenomenon though, is somewhat more sinister. We have amongst us, a tool, by which we can harm one another, by simply refusing to acknowledge facts. All we have to do is create another version of the truth, one based on different viewpoints and understanding. This is not a new phenomenon, it has been happening for years in closed rooms between men and women, an observable consequence of which is a divorce where it is impossible to point out the guilty after having heard both sides of the story.
I am not trying to preach; I sincerely believe we're entering a stage where chaos shall be abetted by these different versions of truth floating amongst us. In such circumstances, only those with strong and just beliefs - people who know themselves better, who have introspected on who they are and what they want, shall stand unshattered at the end of it all, as they will be the ones who will take decisions, after listening to others but doing what they stand for. For weaker mortals, this is not good news....
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