The Policeman and the Citizen

A policeman discovered a man who had fallen into a fit and, mistakenly assuming he was drunk, began to beat him on the head with his club. A passing citizen, witnessing this unjust act, exclaimed, "Why do you murder a man who is already harmless?"

In response to the citizen's protest, the policeman abandoned the incapacitated man and turned his aggression toward the citizen instead. The citizen, after enduring several severe blows, fled in haste to escape further harm.

"Alas," lamented the policeman, "why did I not attack the sober one before exhausting myself on the other?" From that day forward, he adopted a new strategy: he focused on targeting sober individuals instead. Through his zeal and diligence, he eventually rose to the position of Chief. As a result, sobriety became a rarity in the region under his control.