May 25, 2007

Toads, Snakes and Being Eaten

One of the better, more thoughtful writers in the blogosphere is Yaacov Ben Moshe writing at The Breath Of The Beast. I've posted about Yaacov before and will doubtless do so again and again. This entry "The Queen Of The Toads" is particularly apt as a metaphor for those who make excuses for the islamofascists of any stripe:

I crouched down and watched for a while until the snake, with a subtle but urgent, peristaltic motion relaxed its hold instantaneously and inched up its teeth on the toad’s body- engulfing another three percent or so of its length. That gulp filled me with a claustrophobia and dread so deep that I couldn’t stand to see any more. I walked away- leaving them to their fates- one the devourer and the other the acquiescent devoured.

I’ll never forget the way the toad looked at me. It comes back to me time and again Even now, forty years later; the blank, blinking eye of the toad haunts me. Of course it is ridiculous to speculate on the motives, behavior and emotions of the toad. I don’t know why toads behave the way they do when snakes begin to swallow them. I do know that I am reminded of it very often by the behavior of my fellow human beings.

It is the look you get from people who are prepared to ignore any fact, accept any contradiction and succumb to any peril in order to support their current state of belief and comfort.

Read the whole thing before coming back here and commenting.

Posted by GM Roper at May 25, 2007 05:27 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Excellent read, and scary. I've used the Aesop fable, The Frog and the Scorpion, but this is better. It constantly amazes me how people reject reality and substitute their fantasy. Fantasies are nice but reality is where you exist.

Posted by DADvocate at May 25, 2007 09:12 AM





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