Friday, July 08, 2005

REFUSE TO BE SHEEP

This is pretty sad, but I think it's an appropriate metaphor for the mindset of our country today. - Vox
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/08/AR2005070800553_pf.html
450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey
"First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds,...watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff,..."

2 Comments:

Blogger Ken said...

How do you propose that people stop behaving like sheep?

11:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The same exact thing happens to Farmer Oak's sheep in Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd". I know that's not "real" life or whatever, but it is a pivotal plot point in the novel.

9:55 AM  

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