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If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen, a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath, a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed
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What a load of self-indulgent horse manure!
That whole wolf/sheep analogy is sophomoric. Responsibility exists in a great many social endeavors – not just law enforcement and the military.
While the sheep/defenseless-citizen depends on the sheepdog/warrior/hero for personal safety – that sheepdog/hero also depends on the sheep/citizen to provide him with health care, housing and social security. It’s a two way street.
“Walk into the heart of darkness, into universal human phobia and walk out unscathed”? What comic books has this guy been reading?
Let’s consider the physician’s job in comparison. A physician faces realities that some sheepdog/heroes regard with denial – like high cholesterol + cigarettes + booze + family history of cardiac disease make a substantial risk for heart attack. How many of these heroes order the chicken salad at restaurants?
Then there’s the school teacher who teaches the sheepdog’s puppies how to read, write, socialize. Is the “warrior” prepared for a lifetime of home schooling? Doesn’t the “warrior” depend on someone for his dry-cleaning, utilities and entertainment? My point is that anyone, “warrior” or not, who doesn’t recognize their dependence on other members of society is living in denial.
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It is denial that turns people into sheep. Sheep are psychologically destroyed by combat because their only defense is denial, which is counterproductive and destructive, resulting in fear, helplessness and horror when the wolf shows up.
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I get this mental image of a macho-hero/warrior who can't figure out his taxes and reacts with "fear, helplessness and horror" when the IRS auditor/wolf shows up.
Don’t get me wrong. I agree that law enforcement and the military are certainly underappreciated by a “protected” people. But so are our doctors, teachers and other professions.
I would think that pontificating on such a matter is more of "sheeplike" behavior than "sheepdoglike."
