The 5 Blind Men of Hindustan

The 5 Blind Men of Hindustan
Jul 10, 2006 03:41
PINETREE Points: 2514 Join Date: Oct 9, 2005 Status: offline	There were 4 blind men in Hindustan who had never seen anything. One day an elephant came to town and they decided to try to find out what it looked like. Each of them touched & felt a part of the elephant & came up with their own part version of what it should look like. Each insisted that his was right. None of them ever got it right. A 5th blindman came along and proclaimed "U are all wrong. An elephant looks like..." !! There were also 4 blind men in Chinatown. They went to see what an unicorn looked like. Each of them touched & felt a part of the unicorn & also came up with their own part version of what it should look like. They sat down to tell each other their version. They pieced their versions together & got a better version of what the unicorn looked like - tho maybe not complete. One can be blind in the eyes but not necessarily blind in the hearts/minds. Blindness in the eyes is out of no choice. Blindness in the minds is usually of choice.

Jul 10, 2006 03:41

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There were 4 blind men in Hindustan who had never seen anything.
One day an elephant came to town and they decided to try to find out what it looked like. Each of them touched & felt a part of the elephant & came up with their own part version of what it should look like. Each insisted that his was right. None of them ever got it right.
A 5th blindman came along and proclaimed "U are all wrong. An elephant looks like..." !!

There were also 4 blind men in Chinatown. They went to see what an unicorn looked like. Each of them touched & felt a part of the unicorn & also came up with their own part version of what it should look like. They sat down to tell each other their version. They pieced their versions together & got a better version of what the unicorn looked like - tho maybe not complete.
One can be blind in the eyes but not necessarily blind in the hearts/minds. Blindness in the eyes is out of no choice. Blindness in the minds is usually of choice.

Jul 10, 2006 17:48	#1
RUNNERMORE Points: Join Date: Apr 20, 2006 Status: Offline	A meaningful story! What TCG members can learn from it? Good job, Pinetree!:-)

Feb 22, 2008 15:24	#2
GUEST24460	What is the point of this? Is there a comparison being made between the people of Hindustan and the people of China?

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