The last chapter and a half have been the "Sayings of the Wise" as marked in my Bible and they continue through 24. I thought about Proverbs, and its appeal to "get smart" when an email chain was sparked off today at work. If you work at large company where many people are at desks with email most of the day, you might know what this is like. Basically, one person emails a distribution list by accident that includes a very large number of recipients (normally hundreds or thousands of people).
Chaos ensues.
What happens first is that one or two people email everyone back (reply all) to request to be removed from the distribution list because this email doesn't apply to them. People then respond to that person's email (using reply all mind you) telling them how stupid they are for replying all when they could have just emailed the owner of the list. The irony, of course, is that THEY used reply all as well and perpetuated the spam. Finally you have the lighthearted bunch who reply all and say things like "here we go again" and "I love this stuff on Friday!"
The point I am trying to make is that Proverbs speaks about thinking before you act. When you try and make a fool out of others, there is a good chance that you are the bigger fool.
TGIF!
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