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The donkey told the tiger, "The grass is blue."
The tiger replied, "No, the grass is green ."
The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to
arbitration, so they approached the lion.
As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming:
??Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"
The lion replied: "If you believe it is true, the grass is blue."
The donkey rushed forward and continued: ??The tiger disagrees with me,
contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him."
The king then declared: ??The tiger will be punished with 3 days of
silence."
The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ??The
grass is blue, the grass is blue..."
The tiger asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after
all, the grass is green?"
The lion replied, ??You've known and seen the grass is green."
The tiger asked, ??So why do you punish me?"
The lion replied, "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the
grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is degrading for a
brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and
on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to
validate something you already knew was true!"
The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't
care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and
illusions. Never waste time on discussions that make no sense. There are
people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability
to understand. Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and
the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t.
When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on
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I'm passing this along, verbatim, including the title. I participate in a volunteer organization that has a staff listserve. We recently had an unusual thread that was rather heated, of some length and at times very contentious. It was rather uncharacteristic. The dust is settling, but some are nursing wounds, and damage has certainly been done. All that not withstanding, I think the above little fantasy/story posted shortly after the discussion subsided in the listserve (without comment) has great merit and applicability in this forum.
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The tiger replied, "No, the grass is green ."
The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to
arbitration, so they approached the lion.
As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming:
??Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"
The lion replied: "If you believe it is true, the grass is blue."
The donkey rushed forward and continued: ??The tiger disagrees with me,
contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him."
The king then declared: ??The tiger will be punished with 3 days of
silence."
The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ??The
grass is blue, the grass is blue..."
The tiger asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after
all, the grass is green?"
The lion replied, ??You've known and seen the grass is green."
The tiger asked, ??So why do you punish me?"
The lion replied, "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the
grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is degrading for a
brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and
on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to
validate something you already knew was true!"
The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't
care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and
illusions. Never waste time on discussions that make no sense. There are
people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability
to understand. Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and
the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t.
When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on
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I'm passing this along, verbatim, including the title. I participate in a volunteer organization that has a staff listserve. We recently had an unusual thread that was rather heated, of some length and at times very contentious. It was rather uncharacteristic. The dust is settling, but some are nursing wounds, and damage has certainly been done. All that not withstanding, I think the above little fantasy/story posted shortly after the discussion subsided in the listserve (without comment) has great merit and applicability in this forum.
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