A Parable
A man who was about to jump off of a cliff (convinced that this would solve his problems) found that just before he jumped, half of the villagers told him he was right to do it (and even said that it would benefit them as well as him) and the other half told him not to do it because it would destroy him and would actually diminish the resources of the village. The man listened to the first group and jumped....and while he was falling, the two groups of villagers continued their argument....and just before he hit the ground, the first group told the second group that if he dies it will be because the second group didn't support his decision to jump.....
Posted at 1/16/2007 02:43:00 PM UTC
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Actually, there was a third, less vocal group that didn't want to voice an opinion, and wanted to take a wait and see attitude, waiting for all the facts to be known before rushing to judgement. When the man hit the base of the cliff they decided that in fact the decision was a bad one.
Of course, by that time it was too late.
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