it seemed far less useful to appeal to this unintelligent mans flawed sense of logic in the hopes of achieving freedomto wit , this is the same cretin whod thought placing an ant in a jar was a gesture of kindnessthan to wait patiently until that moment in which the arbitrariness of his foolish whims brought him to a self-interested conclusion and , thusly , to a course of action by which the ants freedom became an unanticipated side effect .