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A jungle out there

Mon., Jan. 18, 2016

The United States has a fatal disease called over-civilization. It’s like the lion trainer who enters the cage and says to the lions, “I don’t want to be a bad guy, can’t we just be friends and be nice to one another? So I’ll put this chair and whip down.” That’s when the lions leap upon the trainer and devour him.

The moral of this story is, you may choose to cease being a lion, but you better be ready to give up the lion’s share.

David Bauer

Spokane

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