The Wolf And The Lamb

ONCE upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. “There’s my supper,” thought he, “if only I can find some excuse to seize it.” Then he called out to the Lamb, “How dare you muddle the water from which I am drinking?” and so the famous fable goes. The lamb is doomed because the wolf will find any excuse to blame him and justify his killing.

Poor lamb or justified wolf? The poor little white fluff ball is destined for the dinner plate but if the wolf doesn’t eat he’ll starve. Just watch anything David Attenborough films and you’ll understand the wolf must eat!! But the poor lamb did not muddy up the water because he was downstream from where the wolf was so why is the wolf making up excuses? Does he feel guilty? ‘No you humanitarian weakling’, the wolf snarls. ‘This is how I survive and I will do whatever it takes to get my meal.’

Often I quietly wonder if I am wrong to think that my values should rise above all else? Perhaps I lack that tough gene that fights to survive at all cost. I have often missed out on opportunities because I haven't been willing to kick my opponent while they were down. I can’t lie to save myself. Oh no, does that make me the lamb? Will the wolf gobble me up? Probably. Alas being who I am does mean I can sleep well at night. 

If I did what Pauline Hanson or Donald Trump did and the many others like them I couldn't live with myself. BUT the way they live their lives doesn’t bother them. I suppose being psychopathic helps their cause. And their followers love what these lunatics preach. They hold them up in high regard because they don’t give a shit what people think. What they care about is pushing their agenda regardless of how hateful, prejudiced, heartless etc. it is. Hitler was unstoppable in his day. Don’t think for a moment people didn't know what he was doing. But they weren’t going to say anything because they believed he would preserve their Aryan race and that was all that mattered. 

Even today after everything we know about Donald Trump he isn’t far behind Clinton in the polls when in fact he should be right off the radar. This is because his followers believe in what he preaches. And for those who don’t believe in everything he stands for they will still vote for him because at the end of the day he will fight to preserve their wealth. Survival of the fittest right?

Comments

  1. Unknown19 October 2016 at 16:48

    What if Donald Trump is the lesser of two evils ?
    Would that then justify living with yourself and being able to sleep when your head hits the pillow.

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