I dislike the phrase, “roaring lambs” (“Roaring lambs,” Connections Vol 25 No 17)—lions were made to roar, lambs were made to bleat. For a lamb to roar is a noise against nature, compared to which cacophonous rock music is soothing poetry. I think the metaphor is a poor one.
Nevertheless, we are made to be salt and light, and the principle Bob [Briner, author of Roaring Lambs] espouses is one I fully endorse. Indeed, we are made to sting, tickle and illumine where we are and who we meet.
Thank you for reminding us.
Grenville Rume
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