Badrul Ahsan and Being and Nothingness

Contrary to what Mr. Ahsan stated in his substantive article, I am not sure if Marquis de Sade had anything to do with Being and Nothingness. The 'Being and Nothingness' (1943) theory is the most comprehensive and far-reaching statement of Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy. Without dipping neck-deep into incomprehensible and inexplicable, excruciatingly complicated philosophical high thought, the significant point of Sartre's theory is that human existence is intrinsically characterised by nothingness -- a capacity to negate what is and contrast it with what might be. Human beings, he asserted, constantly tend to fall into "bad faith." They deceive themselves into thinking that their actions are determined by their circumstances so that they are not really responsible for them. To achieve an authentic human existence, an individual must overcome the tendency to bad faith, and assume responsibility for decisions made and ultimate responsibility for realisation of lofty expressed notions.

It aptly describes existing breach between promises and performance of our politicians, especially those in power.