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 [b]in[/b] 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 [b]easy[/b] to make judgments from the safety of not having been there. So you [b]cannot[/b] know what you would’ve done. You [b]think[/b] 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 [b]lived[/b] 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.