Duped...

Is it just me, or are we a very stupid and easily beguiled society? I've often thought that people don't know it when they are. Ugly people know that they are ugly. Fat people know that they are fat (even if they do insist on wearing bikinis). But stupid people...they must be too stupid to know that they are stupid.

Think about it. Have you ever met someone who was not literally mentally retarded that didn't think they were at least of par or superior intelligence to everybody else?

One thing that makes you question the intelligence of our soceity is the existence of chain e-mail. Just today I got yet another one. This one fell into my inbox just in time to be be sorted into my recycle bin.

Dear Friends,

A pornographic movie is being shot and is intended
to show up in America soon, which shows Jesus and his disciples as
homosexuals!!! The same way as a play that has been in the theater halls for a
while.

It's called Corpus Christi" which means "The Body
of Christ". It is a revolting joke of our Lord. But we can make
difference, that's why I'm sending this e-mail to all of you. Could you, please,
add your name to this e-mail's list's end?

If you do so, together we may be able to ban this
movie form being shown in America. Apparently, some regions from Europe have
banned the movie already.

All we need is a lot of signatures!!!

Remember, Jesus said: "That who deny me before
men, I will also deny him before my Father which is in heaven."

Please, do not simply forward!!! Please, select
all text, copy this message (CTRL+C), paste (CTRL+V) in a new message and then add your name at the end of the list, plus send to all your contacts. When the
signatures get to 500 names (who is list's 500), please send them to:

Translation:

"Hey, I made up a scam that will get me hundreds of names and e-mail addresses. I will take this information and use it for sending spam and selling your information to other spammers.

I have no life and this kind of time waster fulfills my life. The more people that are duped by this make me feel like a bigger man. Please send this email on to everybody you know so I can feel like I have a claim to fame. Also, by sending this, you are proving that you are stupid thus making me smarter by comparison."

I took one look at that and decided that I didn't want to get involved. Half a day later another person in the long list of people that got that email replied to all with two links: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/gayjesusmovie.htm and
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gayjesus.htm

To be fair, I have had my stupid and gullible moments. My very last day at the radio station in Phoenix I fell sucker to a con man.

He called when I was very busy and didn't have time to even think about what I was doing. He claimed to be someone who I knew that worked there. I asked him why he didn't sound like himself. He said it was because he had just gotten up. It was early, I was busy, I accepted it. He asked to speak with the host during the next break but the host was on remote at a nearby Wal-Mart. So, long story short, he got the hosts cell phone number from me.

It just so happened that later I had to call the person that I thought I was talking to earlier. There was no answer so I left a message and asked him to call me back. A few minutes later the con man called me back. I assumed it was the right guy calling me about my message. This time he got yet another number from me. I was starting to get wise to him just as it was too late. Ya, I felt really stupid for falling for it. He never called back because he knew that I found him out. I felt bad, I appologized. But it was too late.

Fortunatly, it was just some guy with no life intending on playing some prank calls. It just goes to show that everybody is susceptible to fraud. Or it shows you that I am pretty stupid like everybody else. Or maybe that we all are stupid in some way...Well, I don't really know what it shows you. But it's sad that in today's society we just can't trust anybody. It's been my sad experience that once we do, we get duped.

Are we stupid or are we trusting to a fault?

Makes you miss Mayberry, dosen't it?