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The Baby and the Lion: A Modern Fable

Sargeras

Sargeras

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ONE DAY, a man and a woman were sitting in their living room when an African lion, escaped from the zoo, wandered through their screen door and into their baby's room. The man whispered, "We've got to save our baby!" and leaped for his rifle. But the woman leapt up to stop him. "Wait!" she cried. "Why are you reacting so quickly?" "What do you mean?" the man asked.

The woman pointed her finger at him. "How do you know the lion means any harm to our baby?" she demanded. "I guess I don't for sure," the man replied, rubbing his chin. "Just because you see lions being violent on TV doesn't mean they're all violent," she pleaded. The man was getting impatient, and took his rifle down from the mantle. "But we learned in school that lions kill people," he said. The woman shook her head. "That's nonsense from people who are afraid of lions. In fact, lions are beautiful creatures, all part of nature's world," she said.

The man slowly put his rifle back on the mantle. "I guess you're right," he said. "I mean, there aren't many lions in our neighborhood. I don't work with any lions, and I don't have any friends who are lions. Maybe I'm being irrational and prejudiced. Rushing to judgment based on stereotypes isn't fair."

The woman began to smile. "Yes. You're getting it. For years, we've been mistreating lions, killing them for sport, putting them in cages to gawk at, and keeping them away from where we live. It was all based on hatred of lions. We're hurting the lions' feelings when we do those things. We must reach out to the lions, give them food and shelter, and stroke their hides and manes to let them know we love them. Then we won't have to fear them. We'll all live together in peace and harmony."

The man and woman continued to talk, excited about the wave of enlightenment that was washing over them. They sat back down in their chairs, and began discussing ways of creating equal rights for lions, for getting government programs to support them, and of making more positive portrayals of them in the media.

Suddenly, the man jumped up from his seat. "But you know what? While we've been sitting her talking, we've missed an opportunity to reach out to the lion in our very own home!" "You're right!" the woman said. "We can start right now. Let's go talk to him and let him know that we're not prejudiced."

The man and woman then joined hands and began walking toward their baby's room. They were horrified to discover that the lion had eaten their baby, leaving nothing but blood all over the sheets of the baby crib. Meanwhile, the lion had walked out the back door.

"This is terrible!" the woman said. "The only reason this poor lion has resorted to eating our baby is because of the hatred, intolerance and mistreatment he and his ancestors have suffered at our hands!" The man threw up his hands and said, "Yes, you might even say we deserve what's happened to us. We created this whole problem. For what we've done, we should be eaten by the lion, too!"

With that, the man and woman set off to look for the lion, with the hopes that he would accept their forgiveness.
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by Hugh Lincoln

Allegory at its finest.
 
There are several flaws in that "allegory" (not truly and allegory as it doesn't meet all the literary requirements.) But, please, tell me exactly what you're getting at so I can properly pick it apart.
 
PreatorX said:
Really? Because I just don't see how it applies. You'll need to spell it out better for me.
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en aye jee jee ee aar


sub-saharan Africans have higher levels of testerone. Makes them more prone to violence. it has little if anything to do with "years of oppression".

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the testerone receptors are also more sensitive.
 
PreatorX said:
There are several flaws in that "allegory" (not truly and allegory as it doesn't meet all the literary requirements.) But, please, tell me exactly what you're getting at so I can properly pick it apart.
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Flaws in the allegory? compared to what? I hadn't even mentioned what yet

what a Pavlovian response.
 
jack said:
You're an evil little muppet, Surge.
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racialism and hurting people is kewl! nothing to do with love for your own race, nope. all about hurting others.
 
Hey, I'm not the one spelling out racial epithets to "prove my point".

Some more rope? A little more, and you can get hung like a black man! :bigass:
 
jack said:
Hey, I'm not the one spelling out racial epithets to "prove my point".
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nope. just like in the giant racism thread, you simply tried to poison the well by saying that TQ twists logic. if you want to discuss things regarding race, I'd be happy to. anytime

You'll probably zoom out as fast as possible from me throwing the gauntlet yet again, but that's ok.
 
As long as you leave the smarmy genetics out of it and the latent racism attached, I'll be happy to "discuss" this "issue" with you.

I'm not going to debate racism though, period.
 
And my darling, TQ most definitely twists logic, and ignores that which he does not wish to agree with.

IBM and the Holocaust is a perfect example. He has yet to read or discuss it, simply "dismissing" it. If he (or you) for that matter would bother, we might have a discussion. But you know, your hate seeps through everything, so I'm not surprised.
 
You realize 4000 people an hour could be exterminated with their systems?

Impressive, even by todays standards.
 
jack said:
As long as you leave the smarmy genetics out of it and the latent racism attached,
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What latent racism? it's like your asking people to ignore the fact that the earth is round.

certain groups of people generally have a higher IQ than whites. I'm not offended.

Are you acknowledging that moderate genetic differences exist between peoples of different races?



I'll be happy to "discuss" this "issue" with you.

I'm not going to debate racism though, period.
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that's the entire point.


And my darling, TQ most definitely twists logic, and ignores that which he does not wish to agree with.
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Show me an example.
IBM and the Holocaust is a perfect example. He has yet to read or discuss it, simply "dismissing" it. If he (or you) for that matter would bother, we might have a discussion. But you know, your hate seeps through everything, so I'm not surprised.
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My hate. LOL. We got along fine in the why anti-semitism thread. you throw around the word "pwned" like your some grandmaster troll but you don't see the difference between genuine hatred and racial trolling.

Here's a little history of me.

My best friends when growing up were a kid from Taiwan, one from Columbia, and another from New Guinea. No racism, no problem (although we all stayed away from blacks, who would generally mug my friends when one of them had a lapse in judgement and took the wrong road home).

I played in a band with 2 other Jews, in a synagogue. We occasionally had chats about Israel but it was all political. One of them helped me get a job at a Kosher baker. All of them were very nice people. (there goes TJFuckball's argument about me "avoiding anything Jewish")

The IBM thing, well. Show me. but understand that there is a mountain of evidence which states the earth being round and not flat.

You realize 4000 people an hour could be exterminated with their systems?

Impressive, even by todays standards.
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More like impossible.

Lagacé examined the building plans of the crematories at Birkenau and testified that the maximum number of bodies that could have been cremated daily at Birkenau was 184. Lagacé termed Hilberg's figure "preposterous" and "beyond the realm of reality." It takes 2 hours for a modern crematory to cremate one body. This time could not have been exceeded by the Birkenau crematories. The Holocaust Lobby has never produced one cremation expert to substantiate their claims.
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http://www.zundelsite.org/english/ezchron/EZ_chron12.html

maybe I can produce a source which isn't oozing with vile antisemitism.
 
jack said:
Are you telling me how to post now? Most interesting.
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that's right, I'm telling you to post in one post, and not spam the thread making me copy and paste everything. but if you like, I can post one letter at a time of my posts in 300 posts.
 
"You'll probably zoom out as fast as possible from me throwing the gauntlet yet again, but that's ok."



lol
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