The molehill of stupidity


A Nepalese transgender putting on makeup before a beauty pageant in Kathmandu. When even learned men cannot see eye to eye on complex issues like cross-dressing, as demonstrated by the controversy over the recent ruling on cross-dressing, people need to acknowledge that the case is complicated, and that there is no easy answer. – File pic

You know him. The one that sticks to his point of view even in the face of contradictory facts. The one who stands alone on his molehill of stupidity, cutting through arguments with the razor-sharp logic of a blunt hatchet.

IN Malaysian coffeeshop talk, it is common to hear how, with only a cursory knowledge of the facts, one can produce the obviously correct solution to whatever the current hot topic is. If that isn’t the solution being implemented, it is then presented as proof of how inept or corrupt the current implementers are.

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The molehill of stupidity

   

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