Always the fool

During the earlier days, there used to be a designated person, a court jester, a fool or a clown who had the capacity to call out on the fallacy of the common reasoning. He could criticize the monarch and get away with it because he was the fool, whose purpose was to make people laugh. Sometimes, the king might scold him and he would cry and be forgiven. But at the time when the king was wrong, he would be the one to point it out. He would be the one talking reason when the general multitude was a silent spectator. Shakesperean plays would always have a fool who would be the voice of reason. Times have changed but the fool remains. Today he is the comedian, speaking either from a studio or as a stand up, pointing out the mistakes of the governments. he is the one who speaks the truth and is discounted because he is a comedian, an entertainer. But he is the voice of reason, he is the voice of truth. When people become oblivious of the injustices around them, it s the fool who has to shake them up from their slumber. How many revolutions of the past were as a result of what the fool said may not be known, but somewhere a fool might have turned the tide.