Via my brother, who is becoming ever more conservative as he grows up:
Thought provoking and interesting:
CATCHING
PIGS:
PIGS:
There
was a
chemistry
professor in a
large college
that
had some exchange
students in
the class.
was a
chemistry
professor in a
large college
that
had some exchange
students in
the class.
One day
while the
class was in
the lab, the
professor
noticed one
young man, an
exchange
student, who
kept rubbing
his back and
stretching as
if his back
hurt.
while the
class was in
the lab, the
professor
noticed one
young man, an
exchange
student, who
kept rubbing
his back and
stretching as
if his back
hurt.
The
professor
asked the
young man what
was the
matter.
professor
asked the
young man what
was the
matter.
The
student told
him he had a
bullet lodged
in his back.
student told
him he had a
bullet lodged
in his back.
He had
been shot
while
fighting communists
in his native
country who
were trying
to overthrow
his country’s
government
and install a
new communist
regime.
been shot
while
fighting communists
in his native
country who
were trying
to overthrow
his country’s
government
and install a
new communist
regime.
In the
midst of his
story, he
looked at the
professor and
asked
a strange
question.
midst of his
story, he
looked at the
professor and
asked
a strange
question.
He
asked: “Do you
know how to
catch wild
pigs?”
asked: “Do you
know how to
catch wild
pigs?”
The
professor
thought it was
a joke and
asked for the
punch line.
professor
thought it was
a joke and
asked for the
punch line.
The
young man said
that it was no
joke.
young man said
that it was no
joke.
“You
catch wild
pigs by
finding a
suitable place
in the
catch wild
pigs by
finding a
suitable place
in the
woods
and putting
corn on the
ground.
and putting
corn on the
ground.
The
pigs find it
and begin to
come every day
to eat the
free corn.
pigs find it
and begin to
come every day
to eat the
free corn.
“When
they are used
to coming
every day,
they are used
to coming
every day,
you put
a fence down
one side of
the place
where they
a fence down
one side of
the place
where they
are used
to coming. They, at first, find the fence disturbing…But, since they like the corn, and they are hungry, they stay, and eat…
When they get
used to
the fence,
to coming. They, at first, find the fence disturbing…But, since they like the corn, and they are hungry, they stay, and eat…
When they get
used to
the fence,
they
begin to eat
the corn again
and you put up
another
begin to eat
the corn again
and you put up
another
side
of the fence. They find this disturbing too, but since they like the corn, and they are hungry
of the fence. They find this disturbing too, but since they like the corn, and they are hungry
They
get used to
that and start
to eat again. Then you put up a third side…again, they don’t like it, but since they are used to the corn, they come back and eat the free corn again, ignoring the fence…
You continue
get used to
that and start
to eat again. Then you put up a third side…again, they don’t like it, but since they are used to the corn, they come back and eat the free corn again, ignoring the fence…
You continue
until
you have all
four sides of
the fence up
with a gate
you have all
four sides of
the fence up
with a gate
in the
last side.
last side.
“The
pigs, which
are used to
the free corn,
start to come
pigs, which
are used to
the free corn,
start to come
through
the gate to
eat that free
corn again. It takes them a while to settle down, but eventually, because they like the corn and they are used to getting it, they relax and all come in through the gate.
You then
the gate to
eat that free
corn again. It takes them a while to settle down, but eventually, because they like the corn and they are used to getting it, they relax and all come in through the gate.
You then
slam the
gate on them
and catch the
whole herd.
gate on them
and catch the
whole herd.
Suddenly
the wild pigs
have lost
their freedom.
the wild pigs
have lost
their freedom.
They run
around and
around inside
the fence,
around and
around inside
the fence,
but they
are caught.
are caught.
Soon they
go back to
eating the
free corn.
They are
go back to
eating the
free corn.
They are
so used
to it that
they
to it that
they
have
forgotten how
to forage in
the woods for
forgotten how
to forage in
the woods for
themselves,
so they
accept their
captivity.”
so they
accept their
captivity.”
The
young man then
told the
professor that
is
young man then
told the
professor that
is
exactly what
he
sees happening
in America .
he
sees happening
in America .
The
government
keeps pushing
us toward
government
keeps pushing
us toward
Communism/Socialism
and keeps
spreading the
and keeps
spreading the
free
corn out in
the form
of programs
such as
corn out in
the form
of programs
such as
supplemental
income, tax
credit for
unearned
income,
income, tax
credit for
unearned
income,
tax
exemptions,
tobacco
subsidies,
dairy
subsidies,
exemptions,
tobacco
subsidies,
dairy
subsidies,
payments
not to plant
crops (CRP),
welfare,
medicine,
not to plant
crops (CRP),
welfare,
medicine,
drugs,
etc., while we
continually lose
our
freedoms, just
etc., while we
continually lose
our
freedoms, just
a little
at a time.
at a time.
One
should always
remember two
truths:
There is
no such thing
as a
free lunch,
and you can
never hire
someone to
provide a
service for
you cheaper
no such thing
as a
free lunch,
and you can
never hire
someone to
provide a
service for
you cheaper
than you
can do it
yourself.
can do it
yourself.
Can you disagree?
Thanks, Bro.
There's always FREE CHEESE in the mousetrap, Baby!
Nope, and an excellent parable…
Excellent Comrade B. Shared.
I totally agree to you! And it also happens in other country. Your post is very informative. Keep it up!
Had to come back to ask about Part II.
It has something to do about it being to costly to feed all the pigs. Something about the less-than-socially acceptable pig(s) being removed to cut costs.