To the editor:
I am confused by the people that do not want to build more walls on the border and those who want to tear down what has already been built. What do they really want?
Let me give you this parable. There were some people that lived out in the country. The people that lived on one side of them had beef cattle. The people that lived on the other side of them had dairy cattle. Winter came, and it cost too much to feed hay to their cattle. So to save money, they cut down their fences to let the cattle fend for themselves. The problem — cattle like to ramble around outside of their pastures.
Things seemed to go well for a few days, but then the neighbors began to complain. They did not like the muddy trail left by the cattle crossing their yards. They did not like fresh cow manure in their yards and on their driveways. People driving down the roads did not like being blocked by cows. Also, many accidents were caused by cattle jumping into the road at night. Children were not allowed to play in their own yards because parents were afraid they would be charged by a mad bull. Dogs were driving people crazy because they were always barking at the loose cattle. Law enforcement was busy answering calls by people complaining about wandering cattle on their properties.
People in the community were divided about what should be done. Some wanted the fences built back so their community could be safe again. Others said that it’s God’s earth that He made for all of His creation, and since cattle are a part of His creation, they should be allowed to go wherever they wished to find food. It did not matter what the cattle destroyed in the way. Politicians would not do anything about the problem because they wanted votes from the "fencers" and the "non-fencers."
Finally, the people were fed up and prayed that the LORD would send someone to help them. He sent a tough cattle wrangler that was wide at the shoulder and narrow at the hip, and everybody knew you didn’t give him any lip. He was called Big Don, Big Bad Donald Trump. He brought his own wranglers with him to put the cattle back where they belonged. What a mess they had! The dairy cattle forgot where they belonged, and the beef cattle forgot where they belonged. It took a lot of hard work to get the dairy cattle back into their barns and the beef cattle back into their pastures. After Big Don and his helpers got all of this done, the people cried, "Build that fence!" So, he did, and the people realized the truth that Robert Frost wrote, "Good fences make good neighbors." And we all lived happily ever after.
James Brown
Morgantown
