Attacking Fences
From an article on the cocaine trade between Mexico and the U.S.:
“They erect this fence,” he said, “only to go out there a few days later and discover that these guys have a catapult, and they’re flinging hundred-pound bales of marijuana over to the other side.” He paused and looked at me for a second. “A catapult,” he repeated. “We’ve got the best fence money can buy, and they counter us with a 2,500-year-old technology.”
JBB • July 10, 2012 4:50 AM
This is known as ‘Forgetting the true goal and solving the wrong problem’ — or perhaps lying about which goal they’re pursuing, but let’s assume Hanlon’s Razor applies.