Very interesting. Freedom is after all the other side of the coin; in tossing which side we will get? KR IRS 20524
On Mon, 20 May 2024 at 11:08, Rama <[email protected]> wrote: > *CATCHING WILD PIGS* > > Karl Marx once said - "Remove one freedom per generation. Soon you will > have no freedom left and no one would have even noticed. > > One day while the class was in the laboratory, a Professor noticed a young > man 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 that 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. > > Then, the student looked at the Professor and asked a strange question- > > "Do you know how to catch wild Pigs ?" > > The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punchline. The young > man said that it was no joke at all. > > "You catch wild Pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting > Corn on the ground. The Wild Pigs find the Corn and begin to come every day > to eat the Free food. > > When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence on one side of the > place where they are used to coming regularly. > > At first, the Wild Pigs are scared, but 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. Then you slam the gate on them and catch the > whole herd. > > Suddenly, the wild Pigs have lost their freedom. They run 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 and they are slaughtered > thereafter." > > The young man then told the Professor- > "That is exactly what is happening in many countries today. > > The Governments keep pushing the people towards Socialism and keep > spreading the Free Corn out in the form of programmes such as Free Rations, > Free Electricity, Tax credits, Caste Benefits, Farm subsidies, Welfare > Schemes, Free entitlements, Free medicines, while the people continually > lose their freedom, just a little bit at a time." > > One should always remember a simple Truth: > > There is no such thing as a Free Lunch. > > If you think that the Free Ride is essential to your way of life, then > God help you when the gates slam shut..! > > Most of the problems we are facing today are because the people who work > for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living..! > > *Familiar...??* > > Think...! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqqDAJHg%3DydhpbakmQ%3DB3UQvKs7V6t8410C9jvP7kG89g%40mail.gmail.com.
