Tuesday, June 16, 2009

You Can't Fix Stupid

A police officer in Oklahoma pulled over an ambulance which was transporting a patient to a hospital last month, for failing to yield to his squad car as he was heading towards a situation which required backup. His actions and the arguments with the ambulance driver and paramedic, having been caught on video as so much is these days, are now all over the Internet.

Jon and Kate Gosselein invite cameras into their lives, then blame the cameras for violating their privacy and adversely affecting their family life. They didn't see that coming?

David Carradine is found dead in his hotel room, apparently as a result of sexual foreplay gone bad. Are sexual thrills worth endangering your life?

What do these three items have in common?

They all involve supposedly sensible people doing dumb things. Of all the attempts we may make to educate others, folks still manage to be stupid. And you just can't fix stupid.

The truly sad part of all this is that I'm sure there are many more examples of it out in the world. Always have been, and always will be.

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