Ngaihtuah ve mai mai a tan…

August 24th, 2010 3:50 pm by VaiVa

He thawnthutawi te hi forwarded mail ka dawn a ni a. Ngaihtuah ve mai mai atan….

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way? Let’s take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make……..

Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was.. This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.

The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train’s sirens.. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake!

And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids. While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.

‘Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular… and what’s popular isn’t always right.’ Everybody makes mistakes; that’s why they put erasers on pencils.

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36 Responses to “Ngaihtuah ve mai mai a tan…”

  1. 1
    alchemist Says:

    A ngaihnawm dawn hi… Ka chhiar ang.

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  2. 2
    Mr. TSA Says:

    Zephenath the second.

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  3. 3
    bigcat Says:

    ka chhiar pei vel lo e a

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  4. 4
    alchemist Says:

    Vawiin chu ka luh lai takin post thar a rawn chhuak chiah zel nia! Mak ngei mai!!!

    A that phian hi! Ngaihtuah pawh a ti thui e!

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  5. 5
    Pc-a Says:

    Vaiva hian ngaihnawm ti taka chhiarve a phal lo.

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  6. 6
    Makpa zangkang Says:

    Kei ni ila chu rel hi ka tiding daih ang. Naupang te hi an lo him ve ve mai dawn alawm. He he

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  7. 7
    awmawmpuia Says:

    Ngaihtuah tithui tak ani.

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  8. 8
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    hmmmm ( ka ngaihtuah) ;)

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  9. 9
    Frost Says:

    VaiVa, min lo hrethiam teh, tunlai chu thil dang vak ka ngaihtuah thei lo.. :-)

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  10. 10
    Lersia Says:

    hawh u in hnial ang u… In tan lohna lam a piang ah ka tang dawn…

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  11. 11
    I.Hnamte Says:

    Va han tha reuh em! ka chhiar chhuak vek.

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  12. 12
    Mengmawi Says:

    A va ril reuh!

    Helai thu te hi nalh/tha ka ti :-
    ‘Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular… and what’s popular isn’t always right.’ Everybody makes mistakes; that’s why they put erasers on pencils’.

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  13. 13
    Mh_Smoothy Says:

    Decision siam har ka ti hle mai.. Ka ngaihdan ka siamfel hunah ka lo hrilh leh ang che u aw

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  14. 14
    Fonz Says:

    atom bomb pawh japan ah an thlak kher … mi ngo ve tho awmna europe ah te khan thlak pawh a theih ve tho a, japan ah chiah …

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  15. 15
    mr.coment Says:

    ngaihtuah mai mai zo ta…thanks

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  16. 16
    littlerascal Says:

    Frost i dam maw tunlai kan va inhmu khat ve

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  17. 17
    Frost Says:

    Hi rascal, dam tawk tawk e. i online khât teh sek em alawm :-)

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  18. 18
    Lersia Says:

    Rel kawng chhe zawk a tlan tir khian train a chuang te an thi vek dawn, naupang tlemte ai chuan an thi tam zawk mai thei. chuvangin ngaihdan mawlmang tak a ngaihtuah pawn Rel kawng thalai a naupang lo awm ve te khi chu sut darh tir chiah chiah mai tur… ngaihtuah vak a ngai leus.. :lol:

    Rel kawng chhe zawk a naupang awm khi a fin vang tih inziak ka hmu lo chuvangin a dawih vangin (a thian te a ngamlo ani mai thei) Rel kawng 1 zawk ah a infiam ve a nimai… te ka tia… :lol: :uangthuang:

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  19. 19
    khamrang Says:

    Sipai taka thuthlukna han siam hrawih a ngaih chang hi a awm reng ani, huiham.

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  20. 20
    Lonelyboy Says:

    Ka chhiar chhuak a a mik a mak kan hriat loh chu mawl theih haih haih khawp mai

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  21. 21
    Frost Says:

    hetiang deuh hlek hi sermon ah ka ngaithla tawh, camping ah ania.

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  22. 22
    khamrang Says:

    Frost, TNT a in camp lai khan anih ka ring :lol:

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  23. 23
    Frost Says:

    :lol: :lol:

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  24. 24
    Blind Dayze Says:

    Ozzy Osbourne was driving this Crazy Train and it went off the rails way before reaching the kids.. so..no kids were killed… :-)

    tak tak ina ..rawn ‘share’ tha khawp mai…

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  25. 25
    tuithil Says:

    luh loh ka tum zet a ‘vaiva’ post nih vang hrim2 in……

    #12 khilai te khi tha ka lo ti ve e..

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  26. 26
    riangtleii Says:

    Ka chhiar zawh hma-in thutlukna ka lo siam a, track pangngai-ah horn pe tuar tuar chungin ka tlan ang ka lo ti a .. :lol:

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  27. 27
    Jennifer Lo Says:

    Eng zawk emaw thlan ngei2 a ngai a nih chuan a ngaiin ka tlantir ang, naupang aa/thu awihlo deuh2 engemaw zat aichuan naupang fing leh fimkhurnachang hria pa 1 khan he khawvel awmzel tur tan hian buaina a siam belh tamlo anga, a trangkai zawk mai thei bawk. :D

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  28. 28
    mr.coment Says:

    Pangpar huan ah rau rau chuan TNT pangpar huana lenvel hi a chakawm lem loh …

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  29. 29
    Veepee Says:

    ngaihtuah buai vak ngai mi… rel chu a kalna tur kawngah kal mai dawn lawmni…. tu tak tak mahin an divert ka ring chuang love a tak tak lo ni ta se…

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  30. 30
    Jewel Says:

    tra tops..nachin khan veng dang pa alo kal a, ka copy sak a, an veng chanchinbu a tan translate tum a :D

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  31. 31
    bucko Says:

    #12 &25 Kei pawh le….. bauh bauh… He he TSA

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  32. 32
    chhangban Says:

    “Everybody makes mistakes; that’s why they put erasers on pencils”

    Divert chu sawi loh.. tunlai chu an insut tir bur2 anih hi male.. :-(

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  33. 33
    thiana Says:

    ka aw a ring tha bawk a,naupangho hi ka au vak vak ang a,ka aw an hriat loh chuan pawi ka ti khawp ang.
    Divert turin rel kawng han remfel vel dan ka thiam lo hrim hrim !

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  34. 34
    chawnghilh Says:

    No play on the operational railroad, let my children play only on the old track for their safety, or let them play in Mualpui Stadium!

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  35. 35
    madd Says:

    mi kan chhan theih si kan chhan si loh hi.. indirect deuh chuan kan that a ni tho lo mo..

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  36. 36
    VaiVa Says:

    Ngaihtuah mai mai a tan kan ti si a. Kan la sawi chhuak hram hlawm a. Misual ho tawngtheih zia hi chu :D

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