Midas

does anyone deserve to be punished for being ignorant or stupid?





In my opinion the fact that someone is ignorant does not gives the right for other people to punished this person, I think that others should look at this person and offer themselves to teach and to make that human a better person and a better thinker. Midas was a foolish king, so ignorant that when he had the chance to ask for anything he asked for the golden touch, realizing later that it was a curse. He was later forgiven for his foolishness and he washed the gift away. He then later was eternally punished because he did not had good taste in music and he thought the nymph's music was better than the God's music. I realize that the God's were the most important figures in their society, but I think instead of punishemnt with donkey's ears forever, why not teach him about what he does not know, that way he would learn much more.