"Then it's someone else in your clan,For to me you're all of you a curse:You, your dogs, your shepherds to a man.So I've been told; I have to pay you all back. "
This passage to me just proved that one does not need an explanation to justify their actions.
First one elder reached out and felt its flapping ear. "An elephant is soft but rough and flexible, like a leather fan." Another grasped its back leg. "An elephant is a rough, hairy pillar." An old woman took hold of a tusk and gasped, "An elephant is a cool, smooth staff." A young girls seized the tail and declared, "An elephant is a fringed rope." A boy took hold of the trunk and announced, "An elephant is a water pipe." Soon others were stroking its sides which were furrowed like a dry plowed field, and others determined that its head was an overturned washing tub attached to the water pipe.
This passage to me just shows that people can perceive things in many ways. Even though they were all exploring the same thing just in different spots, they all came up with a different conclusion. Although they all were touching different areas, they still only wanted to believe what they thought was right and not what the others had to say.