Dogs, Wolves, and Sheep

[jonesthecurl]

Your wife's name wouldn't happen to be Mary would it?

Baabaara.

[daddy1gringo]

It's a very simplistic analogy that serves only to stereotype and to justify the existence of those who consider themselves the dogs.

Strange as it is for Neoteny and I to agree on anything, he was dead-on. It's a self serving take on things obviously invented by someone who considers himself one of the dogs. I've seen much more applicable animal/personality schemes. The best I've seen is Smalley and Trent's "Lion/Otter/Beaver/Golden-retriever" scenario. It stresses how the dominant characteristics of each group can be either a strength or a weakness depending on the needs of the situation.

Edit: Also, people are generally not all one thing, but are usually a mixture. And yes, the world IS, or rather, people ARE, complex, and don't generally fit into some pidgeonhole.

[PLAYER57832]

It's a very simplistic analogy that serves only to stereotype and to justify the existence of those who consider themselves the dogs.

Strange as it is for Neoteny and I to agree on anything, he was dead-on. It's a self serving take on things obviously invented by someone who considers himself one of the dogs. I've seen much more applicable animal/personality schemes. The best I've seen is Smalley and Trent's "Lion/Otter/Beaver/Golden-retriever" scenario. It stresses how the dominant characteristics of each group can be either a strength or a weakness depending on the needs of the situation.

Edit: Also, people are generally not all one thing, but are usually a mixture. And yes, the world IS, or rather, people ARE, complex, and don't generally fit into some pidgeonhole.

add me to the strange mix of agreement..

[Neoteny]

This is apparently my awesome thread.

[Nobunaga]

... I've always rather felt the closest kinship with the lemur.

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[neanderpaul14]

I'm a chicken-hawk and your a chicken..........so are you comin' quiet or do I have to muss ya' up???

[GabonX]

It's a very simplistic analogy that serves only to stereotype and to justify the existence of those who consider themselves the dogs.

Strange as it is for Neoteny and I to agree on anything, he was dead-on. It's a self serving take on things obviously invented by someone who considers himself one of the dogs. I've seen much more applicable animal/personality schemes. The best I've seen is Smalley and Trent's "Lion/Otter/Beaver/Golden-retriever" scenario. It stresses how the dominant characteristics of each group can be either a strength or a weakness depending on the needs of the situation.

Edit: Also, people are generally not all one thing, but are usually a mixture. And yes, the world IS, or rather, people ARE, complex, and don't generally fit into some pidgeonhole.

For the record, I didn't come up with this, but it rang true.

It's kind of funny though, if you think about the descriptions and then read the responses here, they actually prove the point.

[InkL0sed]

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's basically been:

GabonX: Ruff ruff!
Neoteny: Ahhh-whooooooooooooooooooo!!
Everyone else: baaaaaaahhhh baaaaaaaaaa!!!!

[strike wolf]

This is apparently my awesome thread.

Yes. I'm the 3rd or maybe the 1st to completely agree with neoteny on this.

[jonesthecurl]

I've always liked moles.

[strike wolf]

I think it goes without saying that I'm a cat person.

[jonesthecurl]

I think it goes without saying that I'm a cat person.

your best friend is a saber-tooth...

[b.k. barunt]

I'm a wolf who tries very hard to be a dog, but it's rough. Every now and then i take a sheep or two, cause a guy has to eat, doesn't he?


Honibaz

[jonesthecurl]

Do you know how to deal with a wolf in sheep's clothing?
You pull the wool over his eyes.

[MeDeFe]

After taking part in several scientific tests I can say that I am either a cat personality or a porcupine personality. As such I do not fit into any model of society that has been presented in this thread.

[GabonX]

Hint: if you disagree with this thread, opposed the Iraq war, and supported the current administration you are a sheep

[Joodoo]

I'm a mix between a dog and a sheep...

[PLAYER57832]

Hint: if you disagree with this thread, opposed the Iraq war, and supported the current administration you are a sheep

Obviously infallible logic, there ..... NOT!

Sometimes there are more than one way to dissent, and to disagree.

Its not all about pacifism versus being walked upon. I don't for example, believe Bill Gates was particularly in favor of the Iraq war.

It is very old thinking to suppose that all battles are fought on battle fields of war.

[GabonX]

Most women, in my experience, are sheep.

It seems that at least half of men are as well.

[Snorri1234]

i'm a dragon.

[Krueger]

Or it could be that we have the ability to shift from one animal to another.
You could be a sheep until you need to defend your family, then you become a dog.
You could be a sheep until the opportunity presents itself, poof, wolf.

Yep, shape shifting animals works well. I think that everyone has the ability to be whatever is necessary for any given situation.
We all decide for ourselves what we do, be it good or evil.

[GabonX]

i'm a dragon.

No dragons

Or it could be that we have the ability to shift from one animal to another.
You could be a sheep until you need to defend your family, then you become a dog.
You could be a sheep until the opportunity presents itself, poof, wolf.

Yep, shape shifting animals works well. I think that everyone has the ability to be whatever is necessary for any given situation.
We all decide for ourselves what we do, be it good or evil.

If you have the capacity to defend, or to physically offend you are a dog or a wolf.

[MeDeFe]

i'm a dragon.

No dragons

Or it could be that we have the ability to shift from one animal to another.
You could be a sheep until you need to defend your family, then you become a dog.
You could be a sheep until the opportunity presents itself, poof, wolf.

Yep, shape shifting animals works well. I think that everyone has the ability to be whatever is necessary for any given situation.
We all decide for ourselves what we do, be it good or evil.

If you have the capacity to defend, or to physically offend you are a dog or a wolf.

What about mouflons? You don't want to get hit by those horns, even if you're heavier than them.

[Neoteny]

Or it could be that we have the ability to shift from one animal to another.
You could be a sheep until you need to defend your family, then you become a dog.
You could be a sheep until the opportunity presents itself, poof, wolf.

Yep, shape shifting animals works well. I think that everyone has the ability to be whatever is necessary for any given situation.
We all decide for ourselves what we do, be it good or evil.

If you have the capacity to defend, or to physically offend you are a dog or a wolf.

I'm not quite sure that you are aware of what you are saying anymore. I'm fully capable of defending myself and others, but choose not to do so under an organization that carried out operations that do not mesh with my concept of defense (the military under the past administration). That makes me both a sheep and a wolf according to your criteria. Consistency does not seem to be your strong point.

[GabonX]

George Bush was not a wolf in respect to the Iraq war. Saddam Hussein was a tyrant and a threat to world stability. We went in to find weapons of mass destruction and they were found.

The only thing which wasn't found was an active nuclear program but there were hundreds of tons of raw nuclear material.