Re: tkt8763-01: "Come to the edge..." (fwd)

["Larry S. Anderson -- NCTP" <lsa1@ra.msstate.edu>]

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Charles D. Estes wrote:

> Naomi,
> Thanks, great quote!  I'll add a little humor to the situation as "Devil's
> advocate":
> 
> It's great to be an eagle, but remember that weasels don't get sucked into
> jet engines.

Hmmmmm.  Does this mean that weasels are not risk takers?  Does that make
the weasel an animal that deserves our respect, our reverence?  Does that
portend that the weasel could be, even to a small extent, more desirable
than an eagle?

Would this make a parallel statement?....
  "It's great to be a jet airplane, but mules don't fall out of the sky!"

Does this mean that we'd rather travel by mule than by jet?

Of course, I'm being facetious, but I'm trying to teach, too.  I hope we
become increasingly mature in our ability to discern truth from folly in
some quote or adages that we use (note that I say "we," so I'm including
myself, perhaps most of all).

So, I'm smiling, but I'm sternly serious almost in the same moment.

Confused?  Good!

--Dr. A

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