Whose afraid of Henry's Woolf?

The Great Quail quail at libyrinth.com
Mon Nov 12 18:10:04 CST 2001


1. Wolves take what they need. That's why they are wolves and not 
terrier puppies. I am sure the angry wolf would certainly not have 
allowed the compassionate wolf to make off with all the wolf chow.

2. Emotions are not wolves anyway, and they shouldn't dictate 
political policy for good or bad.

3. And even so, a couple of well-fed compassionate and loving wolves 
aren't much of a match for a bunch of very angry, hungry wolves who 
have declared war on a forest and are bending their every resource to 
bring down ruin upon the other wolves, sheep, deer, quails, and 
anything else that pays taxes and creepeth around in the underbrush. 
Whether or not the other wolves have previously mucked about in other 
sandy forests.

4. The grandfather was making a personal decision, not dictating the 
actions of his tribe.

Just a reminder that poetic metaphors, no matter how beautiful, 
remain only fictional frameworks with dubious application to the real 
political world. Even Red Riding Hood needed a Huntsman.

--Quail

PS: Who is "SucksAmerika?" Please tell me you are new, because 
another anonymous poster may be the last thing we need around here! 
Do you want Doug's head to explode?




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