(June 8, 2016 at 4:33 am)robvalue Wrote: It sounds like an allegory that's supposed to be teaching some sort of lesson. I'm not really sure what the lesson is meant to be.
Something about forgiveness? Fairness?
It's the same story as the squirrel who saved his nuts vs the one who didn't who then scrounged off the squirrel who saved all his nuts.
The stories are responsible for a lot of people going on unemployment benefit (just kidding, and I stole that joke from Ricky Gervais) The lesson is basically, mess around, squander your money, some family member or do gooder is bound to pick up the pieces.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
