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| Sheep will follow the leader to their deaths. Image: Lawschooled.org |
In many flocks, sheep roam the pasture, eating and sleeping as
they please. As long as they pay their annual tribute in wool, they are mostly
free to move about the country - until coming upon a border fence. Should any
sheep desire to see what lay on the other side of the fence and forget the
shepherd’s warnings that wolves live over the fence, the crossing would be met
by ferocious dogs who are trained to enforce the border. As sheep naturally
follow leaders, even to the point of following leaders over a cliff to their
deaths, such curious sheep must be monitored for the good of the flock. Soon, after
one too many trips to the farthest edge of the pasture, this independent-minded
sheep has become a danger to the flock. No amount of wool is worth risking the
spread of such ideas throughout the flock so after one final shearing, the
sheep be converteth to lamb cutlets.
Luckily for us humans, we have a far greater vision and
depth perception than sheep. We can see what’s ahead. Yet meek and obedient we
follow the leader. We trust that all is well without using our vision to see
beyond our little pastures, to see through what’s on TV and see the reality of
our situation. Is all well as long as we keep providing our tribute to the shepherds? Or are we to become nothing but lamb cutlets?
That’s
what you get for pretending the danger’s not real.
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