Didn’t you ever threaten the auto rickshaw man to start his meter or else….
Didn’t you secretly rejoiced when the kids in rang-de-basanti kill the enemy of the people…
Didn’t you ever feel “enemy country ( __fill in the blank__ ) don’t you dare eye Kashmir or else…..
Didn’t you ever take you slippers up or threaten an eve teaser….don’t harass the girl or else….

Not always do you need to be really aggressive. Not everybody can be aggressive all the time to survive in this world. But to some extent everybody is carrying the virus along and passing it on.

This virus is akin to hormones … too much of it can make you a Militant. So you can very well imagine the outer symptoms and it’s ripple effects.

Too less of it can make you a docile complainant. The only possible symptoms might be that you nag each day and complaint each day and have futile coffee table discussions, and dream of living in another country.

It’s very difficult to wash it off your system. It will be there, till you die. Unless you renounce this world and acquire an ashram full of faithful followers to take care of you.

How you use it to your advantage or disadvantage is the key to keep anarchy at bay. Let me narrate two instances to you.

There was a movie in which the protagonist would warn his wife everyday with a dire consequence “or else”… Each of his dialogues would end with a “Nahi to (Or else)”.
For eg. “Give me food right now, or else.” “Give me hot water to bathe or else”… So after years of scurrying to obey his orders, the wife one day turns around and faces him, “What or else, what will you do?”

The man meekly goes out saying, “Nothing, then I will bathe in cold water.” SO the table turned and the “Else” virus then hit the wife. And he became the victim.

Another story that I heard from my mother long time back --- There was once a ferocious snake. He lived under a tree. He was well known for his aggressive attacks on the birds’ nests all around. The animals of the forest never ventured around his tree. He had bitten many a villagers as well.

One day a monk was going through the forest and came near the tree. The snake came out immediately and was about to attack. The monk raised his hand and the snake was charmed by his radiance. Soon he was won over by the monk’s words and he renounced his ways of violence.

Naturally after a few days he started starving. At that point a crow, which lived on a tree noticed the change in the snake. Now this crow wanted to take revenge. One day he stole some precious jewels from the palace. When the guards chased him, the crow dropped the jewels in front of the snake’s house. The guards came and beat the poor snake into a pulp and took way the jewels.

The snake was dying in hunger and pain when one day he saw the monk once again going through the jungle. On seeing his condition the monk felt pity over him and nursed him. The monk was surprised that the snake never protested while he was beaten up. The snake said, “But sir you asked me to not attack people, or bite people.”

The monk smiled, “I asked you not to bite, but I never asked you to threaten. You don’t need to bite, you can just pick up your hood to hiss and scare them away.”

So you see good people -- “a good scare is enough”. What we need to learn is the right balance of our "Else" syndrome and use it effectively.
Princess Baatcheet