The donkey told the tiger, "The grass is blue."
 

Adapted from an unknown author.

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.

The problem is knowing if I am a tiger or a donkey. Self-doubt and introspection are sorely lacking today.

Wait 5 minutes... Someone will be along to let you know...:icon_wink::icon_wink::icon_wink:

Don't argue with idiots, they'll bring you down to their level and beat you with sheer numbers.

I'm a lion.

Maybe the donkey was color blind? Therefore the grass didn't look green to him. Although if he had red/green color blindness then it would look kinda brown. :shrug:

Unfortunately some folks have a "Mental block", which is why the term "Blockhead" is used to describe that mental malady.

There's Bluegrass in the Appalachians!:icon_wink:

The trouble with those of us who want to argue is that most of them don't have an actual fact to back up with the opinion. I have found when talking to those with an opposite side that it's 100% impossible to ever change them. So like the parable I have given up and I am now the lion.

Nice post. I’m going to use it to my benefit. I’ll try to remember to say “yes the grass is blue” when I find myself in that all too familiar situation where people are arguing unsubstantiated opinions instead of reality or facts.


The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

If you don’t hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes, don’t invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.

Brainstorming is an exchange of ideas without arguing, many leaders have to listen to arguing to here all the ideas. We need to exchange ideas, take the best and move forward. "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right."

A priest, a minister and a rabbit walk into the bar. The rabbit says, "I think I might be a typo."

"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."

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This is great!

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Was this in Kentucky?

Great post I love it Thanks

Excellent!

How did he see blue then?

Love this

“ Avoid foolish and ignorant debates, for you know that they breed quarrels.”—2Timothy 2:23

No, the donkey was just an ass... But nice try...

I have no argument that "arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions" is a big waste of time, but what proof do you have that it is "The biggest waste of time"? :icon_wink:

Yep, saw this on Facebook last week. So true.

How does one know what color a color blind person sees? They are, after all, color blind.

i love this!!

Well said!
 

Well said, indeed.

So the moral of the story is that if you disagree with someone on Facebook, you will be punished. I knew right away what you were getting at. :coolsmiley:
.....wait, or does it mean that if you disagree with someone on Facebook, THEY get banned? ....hmmm

What are we children again?

This parable isn't really apt and kind of silly. It's claiming you should be punished for arguing with idiots over something that is obviously true and wasting other's time in the process. But nothing is "obviously" true anymore, is it? And when lies are legislated by those in positions of power, well then, that's a different story (or parable). Being forced to believe lies or go along with a lie is the cornerstone of all totalitarian regimes.

My good friend grew up under such a regime in the 1930's and 40's, can you guess which one? She said as school children they were constantly told lies and forced to repeat them. Likewise for the adults in the community who had to always be on their guard and careful about what they said and to whom lest they be snitched on and singled out as non-conformists and punished/silenced. Hmmm...sounds familiar.

Blind men and an elephant - Wikipedia

I like this parable more even though it is kind of hard to compare this with recent events as that elephant has been in the room for years as have the people touching it. It is a very well known elephant whose history is very well documented.