honey pipe of wisdom

dogs eat faeces yet the teeth are white goats eat leaves yet their teeth are black. Which of them is guilty or innocent? The dogs or the goats? The blind even can bear the witness.

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Delebartholomew

this is an allegory. Dogs represent those who commit the worst crime yet go scot free. Goats represent those who commit minor crime yet are caught and are scapegoats.

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