This is a pretty good article worth your time.

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/05/14/are-you-a-sheep-or-sheepdog/

 

This was an excellent read!  Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Pretty good read. =)

Good read

Interesting read - thanks. Counterpoint, VuurwapenBlog's response: "I am not a Sheepdog"

Thanks! I love that blog.

In NJ, I am a sheep (or is it shoop?)

 

Outside of NJ I am just a shoop with a gun. 

I vote in conservatives to be the sheepdogs, but even fellow sheep may be a wolf underneath.

Great article....

An article I have long liked regarding that analogy.

 

http://theultimateanswertokings.blogspot.com/2009/07/of-sheep-wolves-sheepdogs-and-mutts.html?m=1

If this is a topic that interests you, the books "On Killing" and "On Combat", both by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman are must reads.

 

And if you can, attend one of his "Bulletproof Mind" seminars.

 

In addition to the Sheep/Sheepdog/Wolf analogy his breakdown of the psychology of "killing" in self defense and the physiological process your body conducts to protect you are astounding.

 

Understanding these psychological and physiological processes has also been shown to help prevent PTSD and PTSD-like symptoms in those who have had to take a life in self defense or the defense of others.

 

ETA:

 

We were having a discussion about this topic a few days ago. We were talking about the Boston bombings and how people seemed to react, or not, after the blasts. A colleague from another agency stated the following and it stuck with me.

 

These people, don't call them sheep, chose to go to a race and have a nice day in the sun. We are different. They, honest earth people, will never understand us. Our fears, our hatred, our desire to be at the worst possible place in the world at the exact wrong time because we hope to make a difference, even at the expense of our lives, are incomprehensible to them. And yet, it is so. Our prayer is not, please, God, let it happen on my day off; but, please God, don't let me mess this up.

I thought it was pretty profound and I wanted to share it.

Edited May 17, 201313 yr by High Exposure

An article I have long liked regarding that analogy.

 

http://theultimateanswertokings.blogspot.com/2009/07/of-sheep-wolves-sheepdogs-and-mutts.html?m=1

 

Yes this, when I first read that post, it made a hell of a lot of sense to me, and it still does today. For those who didn't read it, here is the important bit:

 

I'm a mutt. (I've used this analogy before, and it always drives dog lovers nuts: They prefer "mixed breed.") I couldn't care less about herding sheep, or about oppressing them. I have no interest in sheep at all. I know exactly on which end my teeth are kept, and I keep them sharp. I reject all demands that I have them pulled for the benefit of the flock. The flock, as I may have mentioned, does not interest me. I reject aggression, and to the extent my circumstances allow I reject violence, but if violence is forced upon me I will not delegate its use. In that case I'll do it myself. And in that case my aggressor will find me perfectly capable of dishing it out. I'd rather avoid a fight than engage in one, but it would be a terrible mistake to class me among those you consider to have "no capacity for violence."