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No need to call anyone sheep for having jobs to feed themselves and their families.

slap_shot 6y ago
The fact that people are feeding themselves and their families is irrelevant. They're still doing something in a flock like a flock of sheep.
- op00to 6y ago
  Is voting acting like a flock of sheep? Would sitting on a Jury be similar? Your view is terribly offensive.
  - dontcarethrow2 6y ago
    To us or the flock? We are animals, analogies using other animals shouldn't be taken so heavy? Bring any herder to the city and see if he finds a difference.
  - onionisafruit 6y ago
    "Flock to the polls" is a common phrase in headlines. So that’s some evidence that others see voting as flock behavior. I don’t think I’ve ever seen “flock to the jury boxes” though. For whatever reason when I see a “flock to” headline I think of birds, not sheep. Specifically I think of flamingos.
danjac 6y ago
The wording is maybe a bit off, but the point about a media campaign is spot on. To quote Karl Marx: "The Tories in England long imagined that they were enthusiastic about monarchy, the church, and the beauties of the old English Constitution, until the day of danger wrung from them the confession that they are enthusiastic only about ground rent." For example: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/richard-littlejohn-work-from-home-covid-19-the-daily-mail-1-6813025 https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/richard-littlej...
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago
  That link really does sum up the print media in the UK.
- ethanbond 6y ago
  I think it’s worth asking what even is the monarchy? You’ll find your answer right there. They’re landlords. Extracting ground rent from some of the most valuable land on the planet for generations, which has made that family a supranational entity even as nation states rise around it. It always comes back to land. It has since the advent of agriculture: he who owns the land owns everything.
  - danjac 6y ago
    For that matter, one could also include the Church of England: https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/72713/the-uks-50-biggest-landowners-revealed https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/72713/the-uks-50-bigge...
techer 6y ago
It’s more like cattle if you’ve ever been on the tube at rush hour, waiting for train after train because it’s so full, to hopefully end up in someone’s armpit, 20 metres underground. There was the adage that Animal Welfare regulations would not allow this to happen. Central Line in the summer.
return1 6y ago
No need to offend the sheep
tom_ 6y ago
OP is presumably offering a characterisation, probably accurate, of the office management companies' thinking.

The fact that people are feeding themselves and their families is irrelevant. They're still doing something in a flock like a flock of sheep.

op00to 6y ago
Is voting acting like a flock of sheep? Would sitting on a Jury be similar? Your view is terribly offensive.
- dontcarethrow2 6y ago
  To us or the flock? We are animals, analogies using other animals shouldn't be taken so heavy? Bring any herder to the city and see if he finds a difference.
- onionisafruit 6y ago
  "Flock to the polls" is a common phrase in headlines. So that’s some evidence that others see voting as flock behavior. I don’t think I’ve ever seen “flock to the jury boxes” though. For whatever reason when I see a “flock to” headline I think of birds, not sheep. Specifically I think of flamingos.

danjac 6y ago

The wording is maybe a bit off, but the point about a media campaign is spot on. To quote Karl Marx: "The Tories in England long imagined that they were enthusiastic about monarchy, the church, and the beauties of the old English Constitution, until the day of danger wrung from them the confession that they are enthusiastic only about ground rent." For example: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/richard-littlejohn-work-from-home-covid-19-the-daily-mail-1-6813025 https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/richard-littlej...

tonyedgecombe 6y ago
That link really does sum up the print media in the UK.
ethanbond 6y ago
I think it’s worth asking what even is the monarchy? You’ll find your answer right there. They’re landlords. Extracting ground rent from some of the most valuable land on the planet for generations, which has made that family a supranational entity even as nation states rise around it. It always comes back to land. It has since the advent of agriculture: he who owns the land owns everything.
- danjac 6y ago
  For that matter, one could also include the Church of England: https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/72713/the-uks-50-biggest-landowners-revealed https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/72713/the-uks-50-bigge...

techer 6y ago

It’s more like cattle if you’ve ever been on the tube at rush hour, waiting for train after train because it’s so full, to hopefully end up in someone’s armpit, 20 metres underground. There was the adage that Animal Welfare regulations would not allow this to happen. Central Line in the summer.

return1 6y ago

No need to offend the sheep

tom_ 6y ago

OP is presumably offering a characterisation, probably accurate, of the office management companies' thinking.