Throughout my adult life many people have suggested to me that most people, the vast majority, live their lives like sheep. They suggest through a perversion of the old religious metaphor that people can’t really make a difference and just follow the crowd. This stereotype of people is used to rationalize treating others poorly. People are vulnerable and need protection and nurturing to thrive.
If you are a ‘sheep’ thinker, let it go. Sheep are not deep thinkers with complex goals and desires like people. Sheep are cute and mostly docile domestic livestock that owe their existence and success as a species to their relationship with people. We should be kind to sheep and thankful for their important contributions to mankind. We should work hard to help make society better, whether through private or governmental means. We really benefit from both.
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Daniel A. Jones, September 30, 2012
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