The Parable of Dog (amended)

[Dimocritus]

Dog, for the most part, liked his life. Master fed him, and he had a decent enough yard, with just enough space to play and poop.

Dog, however, was curious and inteligent, and it wasn't so long before he realized the fence. Dog became obsessed with everything that happened on the other side of it. "Where is that car going? What's that smell? Far more exciting things happen out there, on the other side of this fence!" And soon, Dog began planning an escape.

Over the course of the next five nights, Dog endeavored to dig a hole, clear underneath the fence to the other side. To the land of freedom and opportunity.

On the morning after the fifth night, Dog escaped. Upon exiting his tunnel, Dog noticed a stray canine, intently observing a butterfly.

"Ho, there!" Dog called to the stray, "Don't you realize that you are free? Why aren't you running and playing, pooping and peeing on everything you see?"

The stray looked up at Dog and smiled. He said nothing, sniffed the grass a bit, and continued to regard the butterfly.

"Well, if you want to waste it, that's fine with me! I'm going to play and play, forever, without restriction! So long!" and Dog took off running.

With unrestrained glee, Dog took off running into the world, wild. His tongue slung out, flapping flagellently."The sights! The smells! Look! I am my own!" and he ran and ran...

...Right into traffic and got hit by a Greyhound.

[The Johnny]

I like it, because its an enjoyable easy read with a funny punchline.

But i DONT like the subtext and moral of the story.

[Jasper]

Interesting story.  Freedom without understanding is more dangerous than no freedom.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

What kind of person names a child "Dog"?

[Don Coyote]

The moral of the story, is check your yard for holes daily and fill them with rock.

[The Johnny]

Sounds like a fun game to guess the moral of the story, so heres my try:

"Do not test, or. you. will. DIE."

[Cuddlefish]

Sounds like a fun game to guess the moral of the story, so heres my try:

"Do not test, or. you. will. DIE."

I suppose that depends on how you look at it, I guess. Maybe ask Sig to 'splain it to you.

[Jasper]

If I took it correctly, the Aesop is that while freedom is an ideal to strive toward, it will kill you if you are reckless with it.  Freedom isn't Disneyland, and freedom isn't a bouncy air filled winnie the pooh castle.  It has dangerous elements that are also free to behave as they will, and to move in that environment is to be constrained by its' realities.

[The Johnny]

My interpretation might seem short-sighted, but i dont think it is, and i understand that the other interpretation works too.

Im not sure yet what is bugging me about it. Something along the lines that people are idiots like dogs that are better off not moving out of the status quo because they'll just fuck it up.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I liked it. Charging headlong, unprepared, without forethought into your newfound freedom may negate the very freedom you fought to achieve.

[Adios]

My interpretation might seem short-sighted, but i dont think it is, and i understand that the other interpretation works too.

Im not sure yet what is bugging me about it. Something along the lines that people are idiots like dogs that are better off not moving out of the status quo because they'll just fuck it up.

Dogs are not idiots!

Freedom without responsibility is dangerous.

[Doktor Howl]

My interpretation might seem short-sighted, but i dont think it is, and i understand that the other interpretation works too.

Im not sure yet what is bugging me about it. Something along the lines that people are idiots like dogs that are better off not moving out of the status quo because they'll just fuck it up.

Dogs are not idiots!

Freedom without responsibility is dangerous.

And freedom without nudity is useless.

So I'm gonna walk the streets of Portland, Oregon naked before I die.

[Freeky]

My interpretation might seem short-sighted, but i dont think it is, and i understand that the other interpretation works too.

Im not sure yet what is bugging me about it. Something along the lines that people are idiots like dogs that are better off not moving out of the status quo because they'll just fuck it up.

Dogs are not idiots!

Freedom without responsibility is dangerous.

And freedom without nudity is useless.

So I'm gonna walk the streets of Portland, Oregon naked before I die.

You do realize that will be the REASON you die, right?

[Doktor Howl]

My interpretation might seem short-sighted, but i dont think it is, and i understand that the other interpretation works too.

Im not sure yet what is bugging me about it. Something along the lines that people are idiots like dogs that are better off not moving out of the status quo because they'll just fuck it up.

Dogs are not idiots!

Freedom without responsibility is dangerous.

And freedom without nudity is useless.

So I'm gonna walk the streets of Portland, Oregon naked before I die.

You do realize that will be the REASON you die, right?

I'm okay with that.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My interpretation might seem short-sighted, but i dont think it is, and i understand that the other interpretation works too.

Im not sure yet what is bugging me about it. Something along the lines that people are idiots like dogs that are better off not moving out of the status quo because they'll just fuck it up.

Dogs are not idiots!

Freedom without responsibility is dangerous.

And freedom without nudity is useless.

So I'm gonna walk the streets of Portland, Oregon naked before I die.

I was wondering what the Apocalypse would look like.