It's all about the context

I think this song from Katy Perry (not the one about kissing girls!) called "Thinking of You" is a pretty nice song. Some time ago, I heard it played over the radio, and after the song, the radio dj commented on how some people were dedicating it to their boyfriends/girlfriends, but actually they shouldn't be. So the radio dj replayed the chorus of the song, where Katy sings "But when I'm with him, I am thinking of you...", and the dj goes on to gleefully tell his listeners "Don't dedicate this to anyone, coz' she's singing about CHEATING on her lover!".

I kinda regret now not calling up the radio station and telling the guys to LISTEN to all the words of that song before jumping to conclusions... coz' if he did, he might have figured out that she is totally not singing about cheating. Her video makes the meaning of her song even more obvious:

I shall not insult your intelligence by pointing out the meaning of the song after all that, but the point is that this is a classic example of how people can have the wrong understanding of a statement simply because they didn't bother to find out the context.

This is also a very common problem when it comes to reading the Bible.... or just about any other book. You cannot take one sentence out of the book and make a conclusion on the meaning of that sentence without reading it in context... coz' it most likely would end up being the wrong conclusion. It's aaaallll about the context.

Just my thought for the day. :)

It's all about the context