technically, the laws in the tradition of foolery have been described thusly: “fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me.” so, let’s dive in for a deeper understanding and see what we can learn from this age old wisdom.
clearly, according to these rules the first instance of foolery left the fool as an innocent, a victim of happenstance. however, the repetition of the foolery is when culpability falls onto him. so, firstly, a fool is someone in a bad circumstance. secondly, since the law is written with both an example of innocent foolery and guilty foolery, it seems clear that the bad circumstance may or may not be the fool’s fault. and lastly, we learn that guilt is always attributed to the fool if the same thing happens twice.
in conclusion, fools are miserable buggers. And they come in two flavors: some are cursed while others are damned. truly, in our day to day interaction with these individuals we would want to deal with them mercifully, life is hard enough on them as it is without our negative contribution.