This is a GREAT poem! Sheepdogs look so pensive and nonchalant -- that it, until a predator appears.
As one who taught on the Navajo Reservation for 20 years, I recall being amazed at the attention, care, and attention the dogs provided for the sheep, which are among the most stupid animals on the earth! It was so sad to see how poorly the dogs, the protectors of the sheep, were treated.
Recently, it was reported that Ruth Ginsburg, an associate justice on the United State Supreme Court, became defensive when told that drug-sniffing dogs only respond to note the presence of drugs. The justices were hearing arguments to determine whether or not the presence of drug sniffing dogs constitutes an unreasonable search. Otherwise, there should be no concern was the response of the lawyer (solictor general?) for the defense. It was further reported that a some-what defensive, agitated Ginsburg replied But just the presence of a dog might scare some people. Might this comment from a former high-ranking ACLU lawyer be self-disclosing?
I assume the justice was more concerned with her argument than she was with hearing the arguments set before her by the lawyers. Perhaps the correct thing to have done was to have recused herself due to the potential knee-jerk/activist response she exhibited. So much for "blind" justice.
God help that honorable jurist.
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