When fools are at play

As a sidenote to my last dispatch here on the "stump"--I would like to clarify a matter. Not all priests, bishops, cardinals and popes have lost their way. There are some and have been many who followed in Jesus footsteps.There have also been many who haven't.

Why is it that words and directions can become confused with the actions needed to fulfill a goal? There are many who get caught up in study, interpretation , and meaning without ever actually doing something. The universities are full of former students who simply transistioned into a teaching possitions without any practical knowledge about their chosen field. How can somebody teach business for example--without having ever been in a business of their own?

This same pecular event seems to be present throughout our society.

Another situation that mirrors this one was defined in a book titled "The Peter Principal". In this principal, there seems to be a condition where those in a chosen field get promoted beyond their competence to the detriment of the organization. You end up with no cream at the top. These rising duds seem to be skilled at getting promoted but that is about it. They are all sparkes but no bang. Once they have succeeded in rising above their heads, they fool nobody below them but everybody above them--until their folly catches up with both them and their organization.

It is wonder that anything ever gets accomplished in universities or business with these two elements at play. I suppose it shows just how resilient society can be. The foundations and roof totally rotted out but the walls still standing. Held up from within by those being taught or those being led.

It takes a true "fool" to play these games. Do they not realize that if the ship sinks, they too will drown? Well--no they don't. fools just like to play and never consider their consequences.

Even Yodi allows more space than normal when one of these Peacocks comes strutting by.