When Ignorance Screams, Intelligence Moves On

Once, in a jungle, a donkey and a tiger were having a conversation. The Donkey told the Tiger, “The grass is blue”, the Tiger replied, “No, the grass is green”. The discussion became heated, so the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration. So they approached the judge, 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's true, then the grass is blue”. The donkey jumped forward and continued, “The tiger disagrees with me, contradicts me, annoys me. Please punish him!” The King then declared, “The tiger will be punished”. Three days of silence, he declared. The donkey jumped with joy and went on its way content and repeating “The grass is blue! The grass is blue!” celebrating his victory.

In private 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 that the grass is green”. The tiger asked, “So, then why did you punish me?” The lion said, “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 and intelligent creature like you, to waste time arguing with a fool. 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 in this life, is to argue with a fool, who is unaware of the truth and does not care what the truth or reality is, but only the victory of their beliefs or illusions, or just to prove themselves as right. 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. Not that they won’t understand, but they just want to argue. Others who are blinded by ego or hatred and resentment. The only thing that they want is to be right, even if they are not. When ignorance screams, intelligence moves on.