The Boy Who Cried Wolf, also known as The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, is a fable attributed to Aesop. The protagonist of the fable is a bored shepherd boy who entertained himself by calling out "wolf". Nearby villagers who came to his rescue found that the alarms were false and that they'd wasted their time. When the boy was actually confronted by a wolf, the villagers did not believe his cries for help and his flock perished. In some versions when the villagers ignore him the wolf either kills him, and in other versions the wolf simply mocks the boy saying now no one will help him and that it serves him right for playing tricks. The moral is stated at the end of the fable as:
"Even when liars tell the truth, they are never believed. The liar will lie once, twice, and then perish when he tells the truth."
2007-08-14 16:55:18 · 14 answers · asked by johnfarber2000 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I know the fable, but I don't believe the end will ever apply to GWB. & we know who his baby sitter's are as he hasn't a little grey cell in his head.
smsmith500 is so egregiously uninformed I won't even comment. As for the congress & senate, they were as deceived as the rest of the country by lies & fear tactics; of course now that we know (most ) of the truth, they regret their vote.
I'd agree with your analogy except the boy finally told the truth, & this just isn't going to happen.
2007-08-14 17:31:04 · answer #1 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he'll ever tell the truth. If he does, I'll call a blue bird red & eat my hat. Re Chinagirl, seems I saw something briefly online, about Rove resigning? Replete with some soppy, ambiguous statements? I'll see if I've still got it. Many rats deserting ship, hoping their hides will remain intact.
2007-08-14 20:32:39 · answer #2 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you a member of the British Parliament during the 1930's? You sound like Baldwin or Chamberlain talking about Churchill.
2007-08-14 17:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by Dude 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, because about 20% of the country still believe him. He is luckier than the boy who cried wolf...if only our entire nation was as well educated as the village.
But then again, if he does tell the truth, 80% of us are taking a long walk off a short pier...
So I guess essentially, it is true.
2007-08-14 16:59:45 · answer #4 · answered by PSU840 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
People keep saying Bush is the problem. Did you all forget that congress and the senate make the vote to go. Some of the biggest yellers to stop the war were the LOUDES to go to was. Hillary Clinton talked till her face was red about how we should go to war and as soon as possible. How everyone forgets way to fast.
2007-08-14 17:04:55 · answer #5 · answered by casperii69ii 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
GWB was more like the boy that believed anything he was told by his elders, we call that gullible. The culprits?
Chaney, Rumsfeld, and Rove.
2007-08-14 17:01:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
No, he is the wolf that cried WMDs and sent the boys and girls to their deaths when there weren't any.
2007-08-14 17:00:01 · answer #7 · answered by Chazman1347 4 · 7⤊ 3⤋
I have not seen one statement where President Bush KNOWINGLY lied to the American people. Pity the Democrats can't make that claim.
2007-08-14 17:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 0⤊ 6⤋
I already knew that story--and yes, I think he is. If he starts saying Iran is a threat to us, far less of us will believe him than did about Iraq.
2007-08-14 16:59:36 · answer #9 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Yes, he is.
He also goes by Pinocchio as well.
2007-08-14 17:01:56 · answer #10 · answered by brian2412 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋