Harriet Tubman...
Martin Luther King, Jr....
Malcolm X.
and..... hmmmm .....Michael Steele (LOL!)
came together in one room for a shmooze.
While together they began discussing various topics and the situation of BF and what to do about it. The topic at hand was education and there happened to be a young BW who was recording the whole thing!
Here's how it would go...
MLK, being ever so bold, broached the topic. "Our children need an education! They are ranking pretty badly in the public school system."
Malcolm X: "What do you expect? We need to establish our own school system."
Harriet Tubman: " We BF appreciate education, even though we were not allowed an education, somehow we learned and had to keep it a secret. Now we think we are allowed, but must still learn on our own and perhaps keep it secret..."
Michael Steele: "Forget any sort of education! Just vote for me should I run for anything, okay?"
MLK: "I still say we must use the current system and do better in IT."
So they all agreed to use the current system at hand, however, they would fortify it with extracurricular after school school for those who want.
This "RULING" would be called their "mishnah"
So, the BW who recorded this took these opinions and published it in her book called The Mishnah. The book became so popular because people learned to process information, concepts based on these people's way of thinking -not to mention their wisdom and reasonings. Then the BW got interviewed and she confessed that there were some comments that didn't get published into her book. She showed one such comment, it was Michael Steele's.
Someone else compiled a list of the comments that didn't make it into BW's "mishnah". These extras were also studied.
Time passed...
People became unsure...
Now, when Tyrone Benhood wants to study his Mishnah, he studies both MLK's words and Michael Steele's word with the same intensity because he's in the dark as to know who is more valid or what's more relevant. He feels like he's in Babylon, not his home and not too sure what's the right thing to do. "I know," thinks Tyrone, "I'll go to the regular system, cuz that's what MLK said...and I'll also go to a special school for BF , cuz that's what Malcolm X said...and there are no schools cuz that's what Harriet Tubman said...and finally, I'll vote for Michael Steele should he run for anything!"
This way, Tyrone satisfied every opinion listed in the Mishnah and felt safe. He didn't have to weigh one opinion over another, he was politically correct and democratically safe. True, it gave him more to do and to consider, but at least he felt that he couldn't go wrong like this.
Then comes along his friend, Emmett Yesod. He knows what's up and can be discriminatory as to whom he should learn from in what topic. He decided to see what was written about education and took the BW's Mishnah --let's give her a name, Keila). Emmett reads all the opinions and stops at Michael Steele's. "Hmmmm..." thinks Emmett, "I'm going to have to reject this idea because it doesn't make sense to me. It doesn't sound logical nor relevant to school issues." So he rejected that idea. So, in the end he decides to "rule" like the Mishnah does. Sure, some may disagree with him for not placing all the players on equal stage. But because he had more clarity on who was involved and what the goal of the topic was, he was able to discriminate.
A bunch of Tyrone benHood mulling over these rulings would be called a gemorrah. The Mishnah plus that gemorrah would be their Talmud which is -not really in the same degree- like the Babylonian Talmud.
A bunch of Emmett Yesod mulling over these rulings would also be called a gemorrah. The Mishnah plus this gemorrah would be their Talmud which is --again, not really in the same degree-- like the Jerusalem Talmud.
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Is it a crazy idea for BF to try and create a "Talmud"? Is there already something like this? A collection of opinions of various leaders divided into topics and subjects such as education, politics, health, etc.?
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