TUESDAY, 14 JULY 2009

The reason history is fascinating is in its ability to repeat itself. Man may have walked on the moon and it may have been

a big step but really, all he did was find something he had not done before and did it. Was this any bigger than discovering

that the world wasn't flat or that you can light up a room with electricity? The Romans weren't to keen on hiking

across fields to go the long way around - so they built roads. People got sick of having to go through London to get to

the other side, so they built the M25. So what really changes?

I was reading this description of the village idiot and marvelling that by just removing or changing a few words that it is as

relevant today as it was then.

Prior to the Industrial revolution, before swarms of people migrated from small towns, villages, and farming hamlets to large industrial cities and Metropolises, the populations people were around all the time (their community) were so small, that if one person within that community was feeble of mind, they were designated the village idiot.

In case you are a candidate for that title, I have taken the liberty of swapping a few words.

When swarms of people move from small towns and villages to larger cities, the populations is so small, that if one person within that community is of feeble mind, they are designated the village idiot.

I thought that I ought to clarity the word feeble

fee·ble (fbl)

adj. fee·bler, fee·blest

1.

a. Lacking strength; weak.

b. Indicating weakness.

2. Lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; inadequate. See Synonyms at weak.

I suppose that if you were the village idiot, you would lack the intelligence and ability to recognise this

and thus prove Mother Natures way of protecting the afflicted.