i might not be as eloquent, or witty enough to rebut insults with insults, or have the disposition to network with authority.

but theres one thing im sure.

i am more appreciative of the things people do, the effort people invested to put up such a large scale performance, 8 hours a week for half a year when they could be reveling and basking in time away from work, wasting their lives away in clubs or watching tv, or spending time with loved ones or enjoying a well-deserved break, instead of having countless weekends burnt and additional physical exertion, just for 6 minutes on this day and they have no rewards except for the joy it brings to participate in this celebration - and you call it 'hypocrisy'?

i am more appreciative of our home, family and government. appreciative of red-tapes and procedures, bureaucracy and the army, little things that people do which makes my day. i am grateful and thankful of all that i have.

i might not be as professional as you deem, or capable of working with legal procedures or as knowledgeable about politics or civil service or organizational structure of the government.

but at least i am more empathic towards the needs and feelings of people despite their looks or voice or dressing, more sensitive and tactful, less bitchy and backstabbing - hypocrisy. these things come only with the experience of ostracism, being a pariah and outcast, excluded and unwanted - you have never been, so you will never know.

and so, once again, the inferiority complex is suppressed.