Originally Posted by Tully Mars

I guess it was the



comment that threw me.

Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru

Yeah, a better one is that of a herd running in a panic off of a cliff, where the lucky ones have their fall broken by the unlucky ones who fell first. Those who survive can pull themselves out of the bloody carnage to run off and try to increase their number once again.

The cliff is the "down"; the climb back up to green pastures is the "up." The herd tend to stick together. Only a few are smart enough to know when to break free and do their own thing.