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Isn’t LSD an acronym for a kallah whose chosson who proposed on an airplane? Leah in the Sky with a Diamond?
Here’s a story reflecting thoughts that (I’m sure) aren’t very original, but apropos here;
Crafty old General Beelzebub (aka lord of the flies) drew up invasion plans that would be utilized against two nearby cities.
The first city was loyal to their King, but not fanatically so.
The defensive wall surrounding them was not as strong or as high as it could have been, nor was it in a good state of repair.
The guards could occasionally be seen napping or playing cards instead of vigilantly maintaining their posts.
The army was poorly trained and lacking in the latest weaponry.
The citizens of the second city were loyal to their King, up to and including defending him with their lives.
The defensive wall surrounding their city was robust and high.
The guards tended their duties with such precision that people could and did set their clocks by the shift changes and patrol rounds.
The army was drilled thoroughly and equipped with enough weaponry that no neighboring town dared attack it.
Gen. Beelzebub dispatched his army to attack the first town.
Gen. Beelzebub was triumphant in a few short days.
The second town was a much tougher nut to crack.
Gen. Beelzebub realized there was no way for him to defeat their fierce and loyal army, nor could he breach their walls.
What he did instead was dispatch spies to spread misinformation throughout the town, that their king had died.
His sly reasoning was that since he had no hope of defeating them so long as they were loyal to their king, he would confuse them into thinking there was no king, and defeat them without needing to fire a shot.
He knew that the king hated to appear in public, and calculated that by the time the king realized the reason for the false rumors and the need to counteract them, the gates of the town would have been left unguarded for his invading army to enter.
His plan almost succeeded.
The guards remained at their posts, and Gen. Beelzebub went back to devise another plan.
He therefore tricked them in to thinking that Moshe had perished on Har Sinai, and took advantage of their confusion to have them construct the golden calf.
This is also a great strategy for attacking someone who is very strong re: resisting temptation.
Some of the disinformation can sound convincing.