# Letter To The Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286 "2017-07-14T22:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/201 "2017-08-02T02:17:12Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. Led like sheep to a _ **sheering** _ … I take it you’ve never lived on a farm … ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/202 "2017-08-02T03:31:36Z")
‘shearing’ unless it’s a whooshing. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/203 "2017-08-02T05:02:16Z")
You don’t _whoosh_ upon a sheep, you _whoosh_ upon a star! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/204 "2017-08-02T05:11:21Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I know where it is and I know the rules of the forum. I’m not sure of the productivity of some pointlessly arbitrarily constrained anarchy though. Perhaps it works at a level beyond my comprehension. Oooh! Someone bought a thesaurus on Alex Jones website! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/205 "2017-08-02T05:43:24Z")
Well, I sure don’t want arbitrarily constrained anarchy, _especially_ if its pointless! Why do _you_ think that’s such a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/206 "2017-08-02T05:55:45Z")
If your anarchy is constrained, you’re not doing it right. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/207 "2017-08-02T06:19:01Z")
If you’re doing your anarchy _right_, you’re doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/208 "2017-08-02T16:09:22Z")
If your anarchy has ANY rules it’s not working as intended. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/209 "2017-08-02T16:12:35Z")
> [@Barrett\_Bonden](#): > > Hey! Not all Republicans are imperialists! And some prefer to eat kittens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286.md?page=10)