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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: jlallen who wrote (7292)2/11/2003 12:32:28 PM
From: Just_Observing  Read Replies (3) of 25898
 
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him

Just another stupid analogy to reduce a complex situation to a simple idea that can fit into the small, closed mind of a RWE.

To humor you, this analogy can be carried further:

This rattlesnake is 7000 miles and an ocean away, and his neighbors are not afraid of him. Moreover, none of his neighbors want you to attack him.

This particular rattlesnake has not struck anybody for 12 years.

This snake was once your friend and you fed him.

This rattlesnake is starving and continues to weaken daily.

This rattlesnake is sitting on a treasure of $5 trillion.

Are you sure you are crushing the rattlesnake because he is a threat to you or for the treasure?

Talking of rattlesnakes, it is hypothesized that they developed their rattle to warn buffalo, a hundred million or so who wandered across America and were liable to trample them. Now the buffalo have gone, courtesy of man, and man is the main threat. And such has been the magnitude of killing by man that genetic selection is already favoring the rattlesnakes who make less noise. Now the rattlers in America are much quieter.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, just walk away.
You are probably encroaching on his territory and you have killed enough already.
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