Muslims and leftists are rampaging against Israel...in Montreal

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Posted on 11/24/2024 6:20:49 AM PST by Rummyfan

Around 2,500 years ago, Aesop (c. 620-564 BC) wrote short fables that pithily revealed deep truths. They used to be part of the Western canon but are no longer. And that’s a shame because if more Westerners had been raised on Aesop and knew the story of the Farmer and the Viper, they would not have welcomed in bazillions of Muslims from countries practicing the strictest versions of that faith, they would not have encouraged leftism, and they definitely would not be surprised by the violent anti-Israel rioting in Montreal.

As with all of Aesop’s stories, The Farmer And The Viper is short, and the outcome is not sweet. A farmer, walking through his fields one chilly morning, finds a viper frozen stiff but not quite dead. Out of an excess of misplaced sympathy, the farmer takes the viper and places it inside his shirt to warm it. The viper, when it recovers from the cold, promptly bites the farmer, killing him.

The moral of the story is that when you are kind to something evil, you will be betrayed. The once-common expression to describe this was “to nourish a viper in one’s bosom.”

Unsurprisingly, this is not the only tale reminding people that there is evil in the world and that you cannot nurture it, for it will destroy you. A Russian version of the tale is The Frog And The Scorpion. In that version, as flood waters rise, a frog yields to a scorpion’s request that he carry the scorpion across a river to safety. Halfway across the river, the scorpion bites the frog, causing both to drown. As they sink, the frog asks, “Why did you do this, since it kills you, too?” The scorpion answers, “I couldn’t help myself. It is my nature.”

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1 posted on 11/24/2024 6:20:49 AM PST by Rummyfan

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