tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post6818907567919677961..comments2023-05-31T08:13:57.522-06:00Comments on The Ultimate Answer to Kings: More Frickin' SheepdogsJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03442354270552212335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-18330156674889184112011-08-31T18:27:42.768-06:002011-08-31T18:27:42.768-06:00I am not an animal. I do not operate on instinct. ...I am not an animal. I do not operate on instinct. I am a rational human being, created in the image and likeness of God, and I treat my fellow man as I would want to be treated. If they harm innocents, I stop them. It's quite simple.Brassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-10033874062612878262011-08-31T13:19:16.860-06:002011-08-31T13:19:16.860-06:00Guess I'm more the scruffy old barn cat. Ignor...Guess I'm more the scruffy old barn cat. Ignore the sheep, avoid the wolf, fuck with the sheepdog when I can get away with it, and go about my business.<br /><br /><br />kelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-30822063017758804332011-08-31T07:40:42.695-06:002011-08-31T07:40:42.695-06:00I really think that way the heck too much gets rea...I really think that way the heck too much gets read into this little analogy. By both sides.<br /><br />(Not that I'm any kind of Grossman groupie in the first place: He's done some good work, but some of his basic premises are just flat wrong. For instance, he actually treats S.L.A. Marshall's 'studies' as something other than the blatant self-serving fiction they were.)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-55652773645775025012011-08-30T21:23:30.075-06:002011-08-30T21:23:30.075-06:00A well trained sheepdog knows there are more than ...A well trained sheepdog knows there are more than just sheep and wolves in the world. When sheepdogs forget their place and threaten the sheep and shepherd, they are disposed of.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176167494666126324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-90050036708011199482011-08-30T21:12:36.157-06:002011-08-30T21:12:36.157-06:00They defend it because there's an unsettling i...They defend it because there's an unsettling image when they look in the mirror, which they'd rather not acknowledge. As to the question, the answer is too painful for them. It shatters their false premises under which they exist. Nobody wants to look like a fool... "The Emperor's New Clothes" like. Funny how relevant those old stories are, ain't it?Mayberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664966137470121099noreply@blogger.com