On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs.

http://www.killology.com/sheep_dog.htm (From the book, "On Combat", by Lt Col.Dave Grossman)

It is well written and thought out propaganda. Note that only government employees are qualified to be "sheepdogs". If you are not a government employee, you have to be a "wolf" or a "sheep". If you are a "wolf", even if you never harm a "sheep", you are fair game for the "sheepdog".

I work around a lot of different animals including sheepdogs and sheep. These animals don't always behave the way folks say.

I have been reading "In Praise of Wolves" by RD Lawrence. He says that wolves only kill to eat and that they have a method of interacting that enables them to survive. Looks to me like wolves don't always behave the way folks say.

In this analogy, animals are consumption actors. Herbivore “Citizen Ewe” is shepherded, sheared, shagged, slaughtered, and savored. Carnivorous “Deputy Dog” cooperates and collaborates, corralling the sheep. Carnivorous “Outlaw Wolf” competes, and consumes.

So, who owns sheep? Who directs dogs? Who defines wolves?

You own you. You are not chattel requiring protection. You are not a dog obligated to defend owner interests of chattel. You are not a wolf destroying chattel. You are a human who can learn to defend himself, who can join with other like-minded folks in mutual defense, who can control his impulses to consume more than he produces.

-posted at http://teambogart.blogspot.com/2009/05/sheep-wolves-and-sheepdogs.html