You've probably heard quite a few "dumb
criminal" stories. Here's one I like:
" A man rushed into a bank brandishing a gun
intending to intimidate everyone by screaming, "Up
with your f - - - - - - hands, this is a stickup."
But in his nervousness, it came out, "Up with
you sticky hands, this is a f - - - up". After
a short pause, tellers, customers and the bank guard
began to giggle and the thief was so rattled that
he left the bank without carrying out the robbery.
The bank now has a plaque on the wall containing the
famous phrase (with suitable blank spaces, no doubt)."
You can find it and many others at the "dumb"
websites linked to from TheDumb.com.
When you read such "dumb stories" you might
wonder how some people can sometimes act so dumb and
stupid!
How about the US Government's so-called "war
on drugs?" What useful or worthwhile results
does this "war" produce? See Drug War Clock
and Drug War Facts. What degree of intelligence, or
stupidity is involved here? What about honesty and
hypocrisy?
In my opinion, the "drug war" is the result
of a kind of "collective failure script."
In individuals, failure scripts basically stem from
childhood conclusions and decisions. Some of these
conclusions and decisions have to do with "not
being able to do things right." Many people live
their lives (or at least parts of their lives) at
the effect of unconscious scripts consisting of all
kinds of "do's" and "don't's."
About 15 years ago, I read Scripts People Live: Transactional
Analysis of Life Scripts by Claude M. Steiner. This
helped me considerably to overcome some personal scripts.
Many people (maybe 90% or more) will make relatively
little progress with their lives generally unless
they learn to overcome the limitations of certain
basic unconscious scripts most people suffer from.
When you purchase Success Arsenal!(sm), as a bonus
you receive the e-book Real 'Secrets' of Success!
which addresses these basic unconscious scripts.
Failure scripts are also involved with "psychological
reversal" -- see Millionaire Report #6 and Millionaire
Report #7.
A failure script is like RIDING A DEAD HORSE.
Dakota Sioux tribal wisdom says that, when you discover
you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is
to dismount. However, government often tries other
strategies with dead horses, including the following:
