The wonder of nature never misses its mark when it comes to teaching us about human nature and one of the examples to this phenomenon is a delightfully deceptive creature called "Mimic Octopus."
I met this crafty shape shifter a while back when it first came to the attention of the researchers worldwide, and was presented in videos for public's amusement and education. My immediate thought was about its intellectual similarity to the deceptive pretenders of mankind, who would skillfully adept any and all backgrounds to achieve their ends, truth and principles be damned. In that sense I think Mitt Romney's behavior is a perfect example and I decided to take the oppurtunity to write this short diary to share my thoughts with you.
The octopus of course is doing its deed to survive- either to hide from its enemies or to snatch its unsuspecting food. The head-scratching likeliness to human behavior then is the fact that humans who behave like it also have one goal in the mind: to survive, at all costs. Assuming that most of us do not blame the creature for wanting to survive and thus forgive its deceit but when it comes to its human partners like Mitt Romneys of the world, should we be equally charitable, especially if they are running for president and therefore promising to be responsible for the whole nation's survival? I think not, unless we are ready to elect the mimic octopus for president.
Furthermore, by being a Romneypus, I am afraid Mr. Romney is preparing for his own survival, not necessarily the nation's. If elected, I suspect, then, he would think "we the people" are either his 'enemy' or his 'food.' That's how the brains of 'survivers' function, in nature.
Mimic Octopus for president, anyone?
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