It's funny how certain animals, species, and people represent good things in our society -- to the point that they can do no wrong; while there are other species and groups that are automatically demonized and representative of bad things -- to the point that they can do no right.
Examples: Elephants - Excellent memories (though afraid of mice, I guess), Ants - Hardest workers in our entire galaxy, Ronald Reagan - Well, he was Ronald Reagan, Dogs - Loyalty and friendship, Owls - Wise, Chuck Norris - Round house kicking bad ass!, Mother Theresa - Compassionate and Saintly, Our Founding Fathers - They had the perfect form of government (it was like Eden before the apple...except in the USA!)...
Then there is the Porcupine - Don't touch it!, Skunks - Don't even go near it!, Donkeys - The armpit of the horsing community, Adolf Hitler - No explanation needed, Communism - Pretty much the same level as Satan himself, Vampires - Oh wait... no, they're cool now (yes, my wife is watching the newest Twilight movie right now). But you get the idea.
The reason I even bring it up is I was just watching a time-lapse video of some ants digging tunnels, and I definitely saw some ants taking a break. A couple of them just stood there while the other ants were digging! That got me thinking: We really idolize ants as hard workers - and they most certainly are! - but they sort of looked like they exhibited the same behaviors as many would in a factory in our own society -- not like the Greek Gods of Labor that I had come to expect.
Well, I guess what I'm sort of thinking is that there are certain things that we have given an honorary title of Sainthood, while there are other things that have been black-balled to the point of automatic repulsion. And often, neither one of those things are 100% appropriate.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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