Why people take risks knowing that it will cause harm to them and others?

@ravisivan (14079)
India
November 21, 2011 7:43pm CST
Recent issue of India Today - a famous magazine carries this cover story: indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bhanwari-devi-scandal-mahipal-maderna-ashok-gehlot-rajasthan/1/160572.html This deals about Rajasthan State-- Bhanwri Devi - a nurse and the problems she created for a cabinet minister of Rajasthan State (Mahipal Maderna). The story goes like this -- She developed relationship with the ex-cabinet minister and used the CDs carrying photos of her with him to black mail him. She is not tracebale from September 1, 2011. This resulted in bringing bad name for the minister concerned and he was sacked. Till now it is not ascertained properly whether she is alive or not? Why should people indulge in wrong deeds ? Do they not know indulgence in such wrong deeds will bring disaster through them? A man who takes a sword and threatens others will face an end through another sword-- this is the rule of the world.
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@Mashnn (4501)
28 Nov 11
We need to have a sense of personal control, otherwise, we may end up been desperate and finding ourselves in mess everytime. I wonder why people don't seem to learn from others.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
28 Nov 11
Yes. You have a point in this. We need to have a sense of personal control and also learn from the positive and negative experiences of others. have a nice day.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Nov 11
ravisivan I really think a lot of people who do this are thoughtless and selfish, thinking only of what will make them happy even if it eventually harms them and hurts others. They are self centered and maybe spoiked by their family as children. Thinking unselfish people will weigh the consequences of any action and will not do things that will ultimately harm themselves or their friends or even strangers. It is like they live only for today not thinking what could happen tomorrow at all. As you say a man who lives by the sword will die by the sword of someone else
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
22 Nov 11
Hatley aunty -- You might have seen many such incidents in newspapers, in real life over 85+ years of your life. Much depends on value system we imbibe in our children. If parents set an example to children and teach them right morals they may not indulge in wrong deeds quickly. People who indulge in such deeds think of themselves only and the monetary or sensual gains received then and there. You are right that mostly a man who lives by the sword meets his end through the sword of another person. have a nice day.
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@lampar (7584)
• United States
22 Nov 11
May be these people gain joy and emotional satisfaction thro' knowing the fact that their action will cause harm to other but seldom to themselves. They must have everything ready at their disposal for the aftermath event in the case they have to face the consequences of their ill action and selfish decision. We have all sorts of personality type in our present world, since we all don't belong to just one homogenous group of human being living in this planet/.
@lampar (7584)
• United States
23 Nov 11
Evil people are everywhere in today world, there are many out there who love to see other suffer and will do anything for quick buck, it is not something new but an old habit of some low life human being, it is just another old chapter in the history of human progression.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
23 Nov 11
lampar -- True we all do not belong to a homogenous group. we have different way of thinking, behaving. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bhanwari-devi-scandal-mahipal-maderna-ashok-gehlot-rajasthan/1/160572.html The above link will give the details of the incident. People do such things for making money at the cost of others. Quick money is what is wanted by most people and that is why such wrong deeds thrive. have a good day.
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• Mexico
28 Nov 11
Hi ravisivan: I think tehre's no rational explanation about this behaviour. I just know that the feeling of doing it's supposed we should not do it attract us. People love the sense of doing something that it's supposed they should not do it, specially for some people who enjoy breaking the rules. ALVARO
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
29 Nov 11
One reason can be ---I want to amass wealth more and more--I should leave a big estate for my children when I die. 2) I want quick money and that too so quickly I do not mind my name being spoilt because as it is my name doesn't carry big respect.
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@umabharti (3972)
• India
22 Nov 11
Actaully any one dos mistake in their life,it can be a small one or a big one.Doing that one will feel it is right once the time had passed away the right thing becomes a bad thing.
@umabharti (3972)
• India
22 Nov 11
Situations are not in our hands,time is not in our hands.However the things we do today do reflect the same tomorrow.So while we do something today we should be careful.However sometimes we do face things because of others and we become the person who istaking the punishment.So we can not say anythign about life and people.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
22 Nov 11
Probably you mention -- what a person does thinking as right one --- later on becomes a wrong one on account of changed times or circumstances. interesting. have a nice day.
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@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
22 Nov 11
living is a risk itself and every body take risk in order to survive. Taking a risk makes us nobler and the triumphs are more sweeter and meaningful. I don't think people should be constrained to take risks but encourage to do so for the benefits of new developments and discoveries.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
22 Nov 11
The point stressed was -- why do people indulge in wrong deeds -- with a view to gaining money or fame. If you read the link http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bhanwari-devi-scandal-mahipal-maderna-ashok-gehlot-rajasthan/1/160572.html you will understand the problem involved-- a nurse - a minister of a state are involved.
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@Mashnn (4501)
2 Dec 11
The love and lust for getting rich has made people to do things that are non imaginable. It is really sad indeed.
@vandana7 (98523)
• India
23 Nov 11
She developed relationship with the former minister with an intention to blackmail him. If I were the judge I wouldnt bother wasting time trying to give her any justice. A wrong of this type has major repurcussions in lives of many people as she was in position to get things against the needs of others. So she doesnt deserve justice. The maxim of law is - come with clean hands. Here, there are no clean hands. As to the minister, all his property should be confiscated. I think we do need more severe punishments that engulfs even the family members of ministers and friends of ministers. That way it will indeed be difficult for ministers to do any wrong, whether for physical pleasures or for monies because we would be policing them from within their families - without paying the families! Those lokayukta and other things that Anna hopes for are hardly going to help in reducing such things. I have a lot of respect for Anna Hazareji, but I do feel that he still thinks innocently.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
23 Nov 11
Vandana: You seem to be having very strong views on this. You are right-- that the lady developed relationship with the former minister and she had intentions of black mailing him. she did that and is probably paying the price for that. Of course her whereabouts are to be ascertained and in case she has been killed the culprits should be booked under law. have a good day.
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@r3jcorp (1382)
• Philippines
22 Nov 11
It is because you was tempted and your faith is not big enough to resist the temptation. No one will really knows the consequence unless we are on the same situation. Even if others are saying not to do it but if our mind is set on doing it, then our mind would still prevails. Usually, people under the temporary happpiness would indulge themselves very much without thinking of the end result.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
22 Nov 11
Thanks r3Jcorp-- If only man can resist the temptations then he is the master of himself and his mind. Even if others point out that a particular action is not right, we are tempted to do it because of inability control our desire or temptation. People want quick money, quick happiness, quick fame. All these leads to problems, destruction of self and others. have a nice day.
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@thetis74 (1525)
22 Nov 11
Sometimes other people just seem to enjoy doing bad to others and I cannot understand why they need to do that. Perhaps they get pleasure in hurting others which is very bad. And for the lady's part we would never know what harm the other person did for her to do such a thing. But still it was a bad thing for her to do that because she was not only ruining the ex-minister's life but also it has possibly affected a lot of people like his family and children. I hope that all who are done wrong are given justice and that people will just stop doing bad things to others.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
23 Nov 11
thetis -- Yes. sometimes people enjoy doing bad things to others just for the sake of doing or they derive pleasure in it. In this case the lady has tried to black mail the ex-minister. Her whereabouts are not known. This type of news should bring awareness in people that they should be careful in dealing with others. have a good day.
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22 Nov 11
maybe that person is only after his money, but it's hard to judge, I only hope she's fine.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
23 Nov 11
She is not heard of for the last over two months. It is felt that she might have been killed -- possibly by the people connected --political or non political forces. People attempt new wrong things thinking that others may not notice it and it will go smoothly. But when problems come they are not able to face it confidently. have a good day.
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• Philippines
22 Nov 11
People doing this thing is only after for the money, most probably because what life could offer to them. In this world nothing seems to play a protagonist type of a person. It is the survival of the fittest as Mr. Charles Darwin said. You cannot blame this people because this the only way they know, at least for survival.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
22 Nov 11
Your point survival of the fittest appears to carry weight. Most of the people are after money and do not mind about consequences of adopting wrong methods.
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• Philippines
22 Nov 11
They do those because of an underlying motivation. It could be that the person wants money, fame, fortune, revenge, or etc... We don't really know the actual or whole story. I actually don't understand those kind of people. -_-
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
23 Nov 11
Yes. You can read the true story in the link http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bhanwari-devi-scandal-mahipal-maderna-ashok-gehlot-rajasthan/1/160572.html This will give you details of that lady trying to black mail the ex minister and that is why she came close to him. She wanted to make money. Unless we have similar mind it is difficult to understand such people. have a good day.
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