Monkeys --
Start with a cage containing five
monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a
banana on a string and place a set of
stairs under it. Before long, a
monkey will go to the stairs and start
to climb towards the banana.
As soon as he touches the stairs, spray
all the other monkeys with cold
water. After a while another monkey
makes the attempt with same result,
all the other monkeys are sprayed with
cold water. Pretty soon when
another monkey tries to climb the
stairs, the other monkeys will try to
prevent it.
Now, put the cold water away. Remove one
monkey from the cage and
replace it with a new one. The new
monkey sees the banana and wants to
climb the stairs.
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To his shock, all of the other monkeys
attack him. After another
attempt and attack, he knows that if he
tries to climb the stairs he
will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original
five monkeys and replace it with a
new one.
The newcomer goes to the stairs and is
attacked. The previous newcomer
takes part in the punishment with
enthusiasm.
Likewise, replace a third original
monkey with a new one, then a
fourth, then the fifth. Every time the
newest monkey takes to the
stairs he is attacked.
Most of the monkeys that are beating him
up have no idea why they were
not permitted to climb the stairs or why
they are participating in the
beating of the newest monkey. After
replacing all of the original
monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys
have ever been sprayed with cold
water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever
again approaches the stairs to try
for the banana.
Why not?
Because as far as they know, that is the
way it has always been done
around here.
And that, my fellow monkeys, is how CWB
and it's supporters operate ....
Start with a cage containing five
monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a
banana on a string and place a set of
stairs under it. Before long, a
monkey will go to the stairs and start
to climb towards the banana.
As soon as he touches the stairs, spray
all the other monkeys with cold
water. After a while another monkey
makes the attempt with same result,
all the other monkeys are sprayed with
cold water. Pretty soon when
another monkey tries to climb the
stairs, the other monkeys will try to
prevent it.
Now, put the cold water away. Remove one
monkey from the cage and
replace it with a new one. The new
monkey sees the banana and wants to
climb the stairs.
>
To his shock, all of the other monkeys
attack him. After another
attempt and attack, he knows that if he
tries to climb the stairs he
will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original
five monkeys and replace it with a
new one.
The newcomer goes to the stairs and is
attacked. The previous newcomer
takes part in the punishment with
enthusiasm.
Likewise, replace a third original
monkey with a new one, then a
fourth, then the fifth. Every time the
newest monkey takes to the
stairs he is attacked.
Most of the monkeys that are beating him
up have no idea why they were
not permitted to climb the stairs or why
they are participating in the
beating of the newest monkey. After
replacing all of the original
monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys
have ever been sprayed with cold
water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever
again approaches the stairs to try
for the banana.
Why not?
Because as far as they know, that is the
way it has always been done
around here.
And that, my fellow monkeys, is how CWB
and it's supporters operate ....
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