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Fred in Skirts
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Someting to think about!

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The donkey told the tiger: The grass is blue.
The tiger replied: No, the grass is green​.
The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, and to do so they approached the lion.
Before reaching the clearing in the forest where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"​
The lion replied: "True, the grass is blue"​.
The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him"​.
The king then declared: ′′The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence"​.
The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating: ′′The grass is blue"​..
The tiger accepted his punishment, but he asked the lion: ′′Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?"​
The lion replied: ′′In fact, the grass is green"​.
The tiger asked: ′′So why do you punish me?"​
The lion replied:
That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey, and on top of that to come and bother me with that question
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Enter Vladimir Putin.....

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We can only hope that calm heads will prevail in the end or there won't be much grass left to argue over.
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The takeaway from this parable is that the lion was playing Donald Trump (or perhaps Bo Jo), and the next time the donkey brays out of turn the tiger will simply and wordlessly swat it once and have a snack.
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Seems to me that Trump is the object lesson. Even the descriptive paragraph at the end applies.
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