[fporretto]

Ever heard of the South Indian Monkey Trap?

The Indians bore a small hole in a coconut, empty out the milk, and put some rice inside. A monkey comes along, smells the rice in the coconut, puts his hand through the hole and grabs the rice -- and discovers that he can't withdraw his hand. The hole is big enough for his open hand, but not for his closed fist with the rice in it.

This is an example of a trap based on value rigidity. The monkey isn't really caught; he's just unable to perform the revaluation that says:

Freedom Without The Rice > Captivity With The Rice.

Mr. McBride's value rigidity was apparently so firm that he couldn't even perform the revaluation:

Life and trial > Death and a legacy of idiocy

There's a moral in that, somewhere.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[Inge_CAV]

"There's a moral in that, somewhere."

I think so too but I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole...........

[TC Rider]

Ever heard of the South Indian Monkey Trap?

No, but my Dad tells the same story from when he was in the South Pacific during WWII. In his story they use a nut for bait, same result. Not sure if his tale is from Okinawa or New Guini. Guess I'll have to call and ask him. He loves telling that story.