nico
12-16-03, 07:47 PM
The Ants and the Grasshopper.
Original
The ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.
A grasshopper, quite hungry, passed by and begged for a little food.
The ants asked him, "Why didn't you gather up food during the summer?" He replied, "I as too busy having fun to work. I passed the days singing."
They then said in mockery: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance without supper to bed in the winter."
Moral: One can not get through life without a little work
Revised Version
The ants were spending a winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime.
A grasshopper, who was obviously chronically mal-nourished, he was so hungry that he had literally subjected himself to going around asking for food.
The ants asked him, “Why poor fellow, why are you in such dire straights at this time of year?” The Grasshopper replied in an anxious voice. “I was busy during the summer due to the fact that I am classified as a psychological hedonist. It is literally impossible for me not to pursue pleasure over pain. Thus during those glorious summer months while you were collecting your bounty for the winter, I was dancing and singing.”
The Ants were shaken by the excuse, but they felt sorry for the fellow because they believed that he had a psychological condition that had prevented him from collecting food. They told him, “We personally don’t have much to share with you dear grasshopper, but surely the united way will help you.”
Moral: One can rely on society to save one from dire situations.
Now I made up the revised version myself, but which one is the better moral? It should tell me what type of political phil. u fall into.
Original
The ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.
A grasshopper, quite hungry, passed by and begged for a little food.
The ants asked him, "Why didn't you gather up food during the summer?" He replied, "I as too busy having fun to work. I passed the days singing."
They then said in mockery: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance without supper to bed in the winter."
Moral: One can not get through life without a little work
Revised Version
The ants were spending a winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime.
A grasshopper, who was obviously chronically mal-nourished, he was so hungry that he had literally subjected himself to going around asking for food.
The ants asked him, “Why poor fellow, why are you in such dire straights at this time of year?” The Grasshopper replied in an anxious voice. “I was busy during the summer due to the fact that I am classified as a psychological hedonist. It is literally impossible for me not to pursue pleasure over pain. Thus during those glorious summer months while you were collecting your bounty for the winter, I was dancing and singing.”
The Ants were shaken by the excuse, but they felt sorry for the fellow because they believed that he had a psychological condition that had prevented him from collecting food. They told him, “We personally don’t have much to share with you dear grasshopper, but surely the united way will help you.”
Moral: One can rely on society to save one from dire situations.
Now I made up the revised version myself, but which one is the better moral? It should tell me what type of political phil. u fall into.