Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil
March, 2003
When I was a boy, my grandmother had a porcelain statue of three monkeys sitting side by side at the base of a tree. The first monkey had his hands over his eyes, the second over his ears, the third over his mouth. It was a representation of the saying "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil," a message that interested me. I thought such advice could hold the key to a long and happy life (and I am sure it does, for some people).Even as a cantankerous kid, I knew the way to stay out o...
