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Dan Sleezer's avatar

Most excellent ‘parable’!

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Arne's avatar

Applying the morals of parable and fable was a very useful way to decipher what was happening in lockdowns. You'd get multiple flashes of insight from reading a series of them.

This from Aesop is a good example:

The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons

THE PIGEONS, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk to defend them. He at once consented. When they had admitted him into the cote, they found that he made more havoc and slew a larger number of them in one day than the Kite could pounce upon in a whole year.

Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

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Jessica Hockett's avatar

Great connections. Thank you.

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Spartacus's avatar

What about when sister Fish insisted you get the experimental Covid shot or a take a Covid test to attend niece’s wedding?

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Jessica Hockett's avatar

Good question for discussion would be: "Who has authority over an individual's body and in what circumstances?"

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