What makes you not a sheep?

I've just had a thought of the Jews during the holocaust being murdered by the millions not fighting back even when they were forced to dig a hold for their friends and eventually themselves. It's a complete sheep mentality if not worse. Sheep will stand around while you slaughter their mother and everyone eventually you'll end up killing them. Hence the insult you're a sheep.

So my question is how do you know you're not a sheep going with the flow of what is around you?

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bijouxbroussard · F

In the 70s I interviewed several survivors for a class project on the Holocaust. People who were actually in the camps and the villages, who survived. They described acts of bravery that someone like you probably couldn’t ever fathom. All I can say is that it’s incredibly easy to make judgments from the safety of not having been there. So you cannot know what you would’ve done. You think you do, I’ve no doubt. But you can’t possibly know for certain.

AliceTinker · 51-55, F

@bijouxbroussard People say stuff all the time about how they would behave in extreme circumstances. It's not a Hollywood movie and like you said nobody ever knows until they are in that situation.

indyjoe · 56-60, M

@bijouxbroussard I grew up next door to a wonderful elderly couple who were survivors (they still had the numbers tattooed on their arms). I think your reply should get best answer, but don't count on it 'cause this this guy is an idiot.

bijouxbroussard · F

@indyjoe Thanks, and I expect to get flamed. I saw this question and considered just blocking him. But sometimes people say such things because they really don’t know. I was in high school when I got the assignment in my German History class. A childhood friend was the local rabbi’s daughter, so she and he arranged for me to speak with several people who had lived through this. The things they witnessed, some as kids, were pretty horrific.

indyjoe · 56-60, M

@bijouxbroussard I talked with my neighbors some and learned a lot, but they wouldn't talk about a lot of things they saw and experienced though...and I could understand and didn't blame them. I'll never forget them though.