Thursday, October 29, 2009

Human Fallacy

A bus full of passengers was traveling on a hilly road in China.
Midway through the journey, 3 armed thugs who were eyeing the pretty woman bus driver forced the bus to stop.

The woman driver shouted for help, but all the passengers just kept quiet in fear.

Then a weakly looking middle-aged man came forth to ask the 3 men to stop; but he was instead beaten up. The man was very angry and appealed loudly to the other passengers to stop this uncivilized act but nobody responded.

And the driver was dragged by the 3 men to the bushes nearby.

An hour later, the 3 thugs and the ruffled driver came back to the bus and the driver is ready to drive off again.

But before doing so, the woman driver shouted to the man who tried to assist her earlier to get off the bus. The man was bewildered and said: 'What's wrong with you? I was trying to help you just now and was I wrong in doing so?"

The man was really angry. Even though he did not have the ability to save her, he should not be given this treatment at all. He refused to get down the bus and said; 'I paid for the trip and I have the right to remain.'

What was unexpected was that the passengers, who were oblivious to the barbaric act of the thugs just now, suddenly woke up and in a concerted effort asked the man to get down the bus saying:
'You might as well get off the bus, we have things to attend to and cannot afford anymore delays!'

A few stronger passengers then dragged the man down the bus and his luggage thrown out the bus window.

The bus started on its journey again. The driver tidied up her hair and turned the radio to full volume. The bus was reaching the hill top and will go downhill after a turn.

The bus gathered speed gradually and the driver's face was very calm with both hands on the steering wheel. Tears started to swell in her eyes.

One of the thug realised something was amiss and said to the driver:
'Drive slowly, what are you trying to do ?'

The driver said nothing, but the bus travelled faster and faster.
The thug tried to grab hold of the steering wheel, but the bus shoot off the cliff like an arrow leaving the bow.

The next day, the local paper reported a tragic accident about the bus plunging off the cliff and the driver and the 13 passengers were all killed. The man who was chased down the bus saw the paper and cried.

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