A statue honoring Lt.Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC, five time ace fighter pilot and Medal Of Honor winner was rejected by his alma mater sheep elected to the student senate of the University of Washington. Jill Edwards questioned the proprietary of honoring a killer and she did not believe a Marine was an example of the the sort of person UW wanted to produce. Ashley Miller added that there already many momuments on campus that commemorate rich white guys. Now before this fracas goes any further (some of the student sheep are already freaked by the wrath of Vets) this is a good time for all good sheep dogs to go here and read Bill Whittle's excellent essay on why the sheep will always hate the sheep dog.Here is a bit:
The sheep generally do not like the sheepdog. He looks a lot like the wolf. He has fangs and the capacity for violence. The difference, though, is that the sheepdog must not, cannot and will not ever harm the sheep. Any sheepdog that intentionally harms the lowliest little lamb will be punished and removed. The world cannot work any other way, at least not in a representative democracy or a republic such as ours.
Still, the sheepdog disturbs the sheep. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. They would prefer that he didn't tell them where to go, or give them traffic tickets, or stand at the ready in our airports in camouflage fatigues holding an M-16. The sheep would much rather have the sheepdog cash in his fangs, spray paint himself white, and go, "Baa." Until the wolf shows up. Then the entire flock tries desperately to hide behind one lonely sheepdog. As Kipling said in his poem about "Tommy" the British soldier:
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that,
an' "Tommy, fall be'ind,"
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir,"
when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys,
there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir,"
when there's trouble in the wind.
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