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Today’s Thought to Share: Does YOUR passion replace YOUR common sense?

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Morning!

What would you do if you were handed a pamphlet to ban water?  Laugh hysterically…or sign like the folks did below?

Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition

Let me tell you - that was eye-opening in the extreme!

How many times have you been swayed by the ‘heat of the moment’, so to say, or by a desire to follow the crowd, to do something, well, really really idjut-totic? 

What does your network say?

Enjoy,

Barbara

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Posted on : Jul 26 2008
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6 Comments

  1. Cath LawsonNo Gravatar (34 comments.) on 26.07.2008 at 06:11 (Reply)

    Hi Barbara - wasn’t that amazing.  Some people even signed it without asking any questions at all.  It just shows many people will do anything if others around them are doing it.
     
     

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    1. BarbaraNo Gravatar on 26.07.2008 at 06:17 (Reply)

      So very very very VERY true!! That’s one thing I’m trying to teach my kids to AVOID - the classic case of “not thinking things through.”

      It takes a lifetime to learn, you know. :)
      Happy Saturday, Barbara


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  3. MarelisaNo Gravatar (6 comments.) on 28.07.2008 at 15:53 (Reply)

    Oh wow, I’d like to say that’s unbelievable, but it’s not. Most people are simply joiners.  When I lived in Washinton, DC I was constantly asked to sign all of sorts of things as I walked down the street.  I wouldn’t sign unless I understood exacly what they were talking about and I agreed with their viewpoint.

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    1. BarbaraNo Gravatar on 28.07.2008 at 16:11 (Reply)

      That’s a smart way to approach things! Barbara

      1. BarbaraNo Gravatar on 28.07.2008 at 16:11 (Reply)

        My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it! Barbara


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