Years ago I heard a story about a farm boy in math class. The teacher asked, "If there were 10 sheep in a corral and one jumped out, how many sheep would be left?" This little boy said, "None." She said, "Johnny, why do you say that." He said, "If one jumped out, the others would follow." Then he said, "You may know numbers teacher, but you don't know sheep."
We seldom turn on the TV but we see some psycho-ceramic (that's crackpot) shouting "No war" and he immediately has a crowd of human sheep ready to carry their signs.
This is somewhat reminiscent of 2,000 years ago when someone shouted "crucify him," and the whole crowd joined in with the same chant.
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