Stupid or idiots and stupid idiots. Which is right?

When  I travel to work everyday across the Penang bridge, I got very upset when a motor-cycle dashes out and cut into my lane or another car over take me from the left. I will scold them stupid or idiots or stupid idiot.  We got every upset when our safety is threaten or our car is to be damaged. Are there stupid people or stupid acts? It is very important to differential between stupid act or stupid people and it is not the same. I think there are no stupid people but only stupid acts.

Everyday, we encountered events or incidents that defy our logic or understanding. People do things differently and in the process, it hurts or threaten to hurt the people around them. People cannot be stupid all the time if not, they will be doing stupid things the whole day round.  I don't think stupid people can survive long as they will get killed if they are not protected. If a person does stupid things too often they will deemed as mad and should be lock up in a mental institution where they are safe.

So, those fearless dare-devils who zoom in and zoom out of the traffic lanes are not stupid as they enjoy the cheap thrill of their death defying acts. What else can they do to boost their ego apart from all the narrow misses and stupid stunts. However, it is better to define what is a stupid act. Is driving slow on a Sunday or a fast lane stupid ? or over taking the cars on the left and right or varying the over taking stupid ? This is only your version or your judgement or your assessment. When you scold a person a stupid fool, he maybe a hero to his family member because he rushes home to spend time with them or he is urgently needing to meet another people at a scheduled time  so they behave very irrationally. Other times, they could be a smart or careful person. But , such acts which threatens our safety, we deemed that person is a stupid idiot rather than a stupid act.  We have loss our rational and judgement in the heat of the moment.

So, again we are victims to  our mental habits. Our outburst is because of the instinct to protect our self and our property and up bring or exposure or experience have deem an act which is committed by a person and that person must be a stupid idiot. Calm down. We must realize that there is no such thing as a stupid idiot but a stupid act as we are not together with the person the whole day or his full life time. Irrational acts are excusable as it can be merely a mistake or a flaw in our mental judgement or vision. Look back and check whether you have done this dangerous act yourself during one of your off days. You will realized that you are just as stupid at times. You may not realize it when you are inside but when you are outside, you could laugh to yourself and you will not understand some of  your own actions.  Now, is the act a stupid act or the person is a stupid idiot? Think.

Namaste.