[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Kupps,
"Not all deserving persons were/are receipients and not all receipients were/are deserving"

The first part of your statement is 100% correct but the second part has element of subjectivity / bias

I feel personally that one cannot receive some recognition like Padmashree without having necessary talent...Hence my approach is "Be happy when someone gets recognized" I support the `half-glass-filled' approach)

app_engine,
if we see in that angle even the first part has some bias in it. One can argue that those who have not got cannot be termed as deserving for one reason or other.

i presume the bias element in the second part of that statement exist in the majority of people spread over the entire geography, hence it became "fact" in my statement as per "democracy's" majority opinion.

but yes i accept and concur with your finding that the second part indeed had shown my bias in that statement.