People are nothing but sheep
12-May-2008
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People are nothing but sheep

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People are really like sheep aren’t they?  I mean they will literally follow everyone else and not think for themselves.  “I’ve got to have an iPod mommy, because everyone else has one and I’ve got to buy my music on iTunes too because otherwise I’ll be a freak and Jayne and Timmy won’t talk to me anymore!”

You buy your 32” Sony widescreen television screens from (insert high street store of your choice), you subscribe to sky, the BBC and whatever else next door are in to.  You have to make sure you’ve bought your house, where’s the best place to buy a house, send Jimmy to Montessori so he can grow up and be a good little consumer like mommy (stay at home breeder and Betterware rep) and daddy (works a boring 9 to 5 and doesn’t care as long as he can play around without the missus finding out).

People are nothing but sheep

You have a PC bought at Time or PC world and it’s got Windows or Linux or Apple doo da operating system of the month on it.  Who cares, you’re buying the stuff and still doing it because someone says you have to!  You’ve got to install the latest software and get the latest upgrades, because you’re told to.

You’ve got to shop at the designer stores, no actually scrub that; you’ve got to buy your clothes at Oxfam and Help the Aged, because that’s the latest cool thing to do.  Yes, every one else is doing that now aren’t they.  Don’t forget to recycle and take your clothes to the clothes bank, that way they’ll be ready for the next batch of sheep in some third world country!

You buy the latest consumer gadgets, because your friends and people you touch every day make you feel you HAVE to.  You don’t want to stand out in the crowd now do you?  You beat out the same worthless existence and worship the same crap religion everyone in your section of toy town do, probably because you don’t know any different and why would you?

Maybe it’s the fault of the media, maybe it’s because of religion, or there again it could be the lack of religion in society.  Maybe it’s because of THAT religion.  Yes, I’ve got your attention now haven’t I?  Anyway – this isn’t a gripe about religion.  I think it's probably best that we save that little chestnut for another day.

No, it’s plain and simple.  People are just sheep and they’re pretty stupid sheep as it happens.  You do what you are told and you do it when you are told, end of story.  You can’t think for yourselves and you don’t even realise that you’ve got a choice.

You believe everything that you see and hear and you no longer question the source.  Even the wide availability of that classic movie Nineteen Eighty Four and the message it carries is completely lost on you.

Bah!


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"People are nothing but sheep"

Wouldent that make them sheep not people...
*Mr.Sheep  25-Apr-2008 12:06

 
Does that mean that all the above don't apply to you, too?
*Minanmic  16-Apr-2008 15:08

 
Friend, whether or not you understand it is one thing, but at least learn how to spell before you decide to post your view on the subject. At the very least use a spell checker!
*Dislike lazy people!  08-Apr-2008 13:00

 
Totally agree, Ive been saying this for years, I like to observe people, and they are sheep, for example [daddy]
"tarquin, mummy and daddy want to talk to you, "yes daddy", mummy and daddy have decided to let you grow your hair long, all the other boys at school have long hair don't they, we don't want you to be the odd one out!, [wife] "o darling I bought you a shirt, it's pink, every ones wearing them!" lmao
*Sherpard Den  29-Mar-2008 00:41

 
What a load of drivel. I don't understand what the purpose of this rambling artical is.
*friend  27-Mar-2008 02:57

 
The Lord is my shepherd
I shall not want
He lays me down to die.
In pastures green, he leadeth me
the silent waters by.
With bright knives he releaseth my soul
and maketh me to hang on hooks in high places
He reduceth me to lamb cutlets.
*Chopper  06-Feb-2008 19:00

 
@John Galt - the patronising tone of your response is uncalled for.

Everyone has to have a point of realisation, and clearly you had yours earlier than the poster. Maybe you're older or more experienced.

In any case, the poster is doing as you suggest and "slaughtering" the sheeple by raising awareness with his post.

@the poster - there are some excellent videos online at: http://www.sprword.com/mustwatch.html - the ones on propaganda and consciousness might be of interest.
*sas  11-Jan-2008 05:04

 
Your thought's are not original. Your rant is juvenile. You are only a pseudo-iconoclast. Sheep are bred for comfort or slaughter. You take comfort at being able to see sheeple, because it hides your own herd mind. Slaughter, not admire.
*John Galt  31-Dec-2007 07:28

 
I hope the part about the nineteen eighty four movie was a joke..
*Sanity  19-Jul-2007 18:26

 
You are born needing security, as you grow up you become used to having security. The continued need for security makes you predictable. This predictability is used by large organisations and governments etc to manipulate you into serving their purposes until they no longer have any need of you. And that's it basically - there's not a damned thing you can do about it because even if you recognise this pattern, the millions of lemmings round you will be too afraid to want to change anything for fear of...you guessed it losing their security. Without all or most of them being willing to change, society won't change.

You may think ignorance is the key thing here, but that's not enough. In addition to curing the problem of ignorance you would, at the same time, have to cure the problem of weak-mindedness, namely people's fear of risk, their lack of personal courage, for example in the face of ridicule. The sheep are the adults still living and breathing the mentality of the school playground. Unable to move on, stuck mentally at age 16 or below, well into their fifties. If you are a Sun reader (or any so-called red top, reader) regrettably, this means you! Don't believe me? Then see how you struggle to stop buying your beloved Sun because you can't prize yourself away from your regular tabloid "Fix." Even if you do it won't be for very long. You have become one of these proverbial sheep and you almost certainly didn't think this applied to you. Your habits expose you!

There is one last thing that keeps you in your place - the laws of this country. Created by the powerful to keep the powerful in their place and you in yours. That's just in case you do become aspirational and aquire mental strength.

Perhaps someone else could give us a picture of what their sheep free society might actually look like?
*Chris  13-Jul-2007 00:07

 
One, of many, reasons for the sheep thing is that a lot of humans havn't got the intelligence to raise themselves out of their animal instincts - what is supposed to 'elevate' us above animals. It is good for government and religion to keep most of the general population in ignorance. Show them a shiny new toy, tell them it is good and before long they all want one. A dog will fight over a piece of gristle, if it thinks other dogs want it...we are just the same.If it keeps the 'plebs' happy, so be it.
History has shown, on many occasions that brainwashing enhances power and fortune to the 'elite' - rulers and religion. History has a habit of repeating itself, especially when the truth is spun out of the equation. You are not normal if you don't follow the crowd. If you are not normal, you should be ridiculed until you become normal. Society is still governed by a corrupt, lying system. I could go on...
*perplexed and angry  29-Jun-2007 19:28

 
You get many people taking care of their gardens, their homes, their cars etc. and all that is fine!

But it is not enough.

I truly hope I wasn't there when it happened: WW1, and that tragedy took place because people were exactly the same like now, and so before WW2 - superficial, with the wrong attitude, not caring. I bet the same people that lived before those two conflicts were like us and could not imagine in the least what was about to happen, they said "No, we are modern now and what you say makes me laugh, progress and technology will prevent us, after all we are civilised and..."

Be alert, because it can happen again and I am not here WANTING to scare anyone but do reflect on this. Caring for one's immediate environment is crucial and if we don't care enough then God save us all. If you see someone spitting in the road you wanna ask him to stop, if you see people dropping litter you need to tell them to stop. If you know your neighbour is a drug dealer call the police, if you suspect that your daughter uses drugs find out more. Fight anything that you know is going to hurt people of goodwill and act to stop people you know are criminals. There is much more to this but if we want to minimise the risk of total collapse of this society we have to act.

Superficiality = irresponsibility = nothing done = disaster.

SuperBambinoCattivo
*SuperBambinoCattivo  10-Jun-2007 23:34


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