Interesting Thought Concept

[Evolution]

I got this in a e-mail from my landlord. I thought it was worth a post because in my opinion it seems to be true. Don't know where to post this so I posted here.


THIS IS TRULY THOUGHT PROVOKING. TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND SEND IT
ON TO THOSE THAT YOU THINK ARE WORTH SENDING TO, AS I HAVE DONE.

There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the
lab, the prof noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept
rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student
told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while
fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow
his country's government and install a new communist regime.

In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a
strange question. He asked: 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?' The
professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The
young man said that it was no joke.

'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and
putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come
everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day,
you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to
coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn
again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that
and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of
the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, which are used to
the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn
again. You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to
eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten
how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their
captivity.'

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees
happening in America . The government keeps pushing us toward
Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form
of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned
income, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments
not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. while we
continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time.

One should always remember two truths: There is no such thing as a
free lunch and you can never hire someone to provide a service for you
cheaper than you can do it yourself.

If you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem
confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to
send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential
to your way of life, then you will probably delete this email. But God
help you when the gate slams shut!

[TaePo]

Very interesting.

I have heard they catch monkeys similarly.

They bore a hole in mud or rock. Place a cache of bananas and nuts etc. in a larger pocket.

The monkey reaches in. Cannot pull his full fist through the entrance hole. They come up to the monkey. The monkey does not want to release the goodies. They club or knock out the monkey.

Works with people, too, I guess!

[38SnubFan]

Originally Posted by TaePo

Very interesting.

I have heard they catch monkeys similarly.

They bore a hole in mud or rock. Place a cache of bananas and nuts etc. in a larger pocket.

The monkey reaches in. Cannot pull his full fist through the entrance hole. They come up to the monkey. The monkey does not want to release the goodies. They club or knock out the monkey.

Works with people, too, I guess!

I wonder if a similar concept would work for getting my 2-year-old to stay in bed at night?

Excellent OP. Definitely very thought-provoking, and a very harsh reality that many people fail to realize until it's too late.

-38SnubFan

[nlcrsn]

Yea, but youll find, even when warned, thru harm, death ,tragedy. They will still keep coming back for the free easy fix...

[Pa. Patriot]

That's great.

[Mtbkski]

Bumped so we all can read it again.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Mtbkski

Bumped so we all can read it again.

Thanks for bumping this. This is an email I have not seen, and I'm sending it out myself.






I'm curious though... what could you have been searching for that would bring up a thread about feeding/catching wild pigs?

[sk8r101all]

The Revolution

The American Revolutionaries did the impossible.
So can we.


"A citizen who skirks his duty to contribute to the security of his community is little better then the criminal who threatens it."

[Mtbkski]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

I'm curious though... what could you have been searching for that would bring up a thread about feeding/catching wild pigs?

Actually, I recieved it in an e-mail, and wanted to see if it had been posted before. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.