Page 21 - The Evil Called Mockery

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 19

They use the same approach when dealing with a student who
is harder working and more successful than they are. In order to be-
little him, they resort to nicknames that ridicule his/her success.
They seize every opportunity to mock other students, espe-
cially if a lack of money is involved. Talking in a mocking and belit-
tling way behind someone's back because he wears last year's
uniform or last year's shoes is very common. The districts and
houses in which students live, as well as the furniture therein, also
provide fuel for mockery. They regard many things as fit for mock-
ery: his father's job, the place where her mother works, or having an
unusual name or the name of a famous person. Some students par-
ticularly target their teachers. If the teacher is inexperienced, they
mock her inexperience. If she is elderly and does some things slowly
or has weak eyes, she is mocked for that. Her clothes are also a sub-
ject for mockery. For example, if she often wears the same clothes or
if her clothes are not ironed, the students point this out to one an-
other and mock her.
The same is true of one's office. Here, the mockery varies ac-
cording to what position the person holds. People usually reserve
their most intense mockery for those who hold lower positions in an
attempt to satisfy their own pride. Since they cannot show their ar-
rogance to their superiors, they try to crush those under them or
those in junior positions. For example, managers mock their secre-
taries and how they do their job. This mockery differs from that
found in high schools, because it is done in secret via such methods
as facial reactions, belittling behavior, and mocking glances.
Speaking while not looking the other person in the face, refusing to
answer, acting as though he has not been heard, grinning when the
person encounters a situation beyond his experience, and casting
ironic glances at others also fall into this category of behavior.