Stalin's Chicken

Back in the day, at the Red Square in Moscow, people gathered to hear Stalin speak. To their likely surprise, he held a chicken upside-down by its feet, and as he spoke, tortured the chicken by plucking out it's feathers one by one. It is documented that the chicken struggled and struggled to get away, unsuccessful, until Stalin decided he was done with the torture and placed the chicken down.

I imagine this bird felt very violated and vunerable...or in the very least cold...and one would hope that he would try to defend himself and start pecking away at Stalin's legs....I've worked with chickens and they can inflict some pain when the want or I dunno RUN AWAY!!!...however, to the audience's...NOT Stalin's....surprise...the chicken began to follow after Stalin as he placed a trail of breadcrumbs behind him as he walked away.

I mean he had just, no less than 30 seconds before, tortured the damn thing...and it followed after him!!!!!....stupid stupid animal.....sadly, Stalin's point was, that humans were no different....He is quoted as saying, “Did you see how that chicken followed me for food, even though I had caused it such torture? People are like that chicken. If you inflict inordinate pain on them they will follow you for food the rest of their lives."

Now Stalin's chickens became a topic of discussion between me and one of my Philly girlfriends, because we were discussing why girls put up with so much bad relationship shit...complain about it blah blah...the boy finally get's tired of torturing you so to speak (or maybe you're a ballsy little chicken and you jump out of his arms)...and he breaks up with you (or you him)... and though said girl is devasted...the minute the boy shows even a little bit of interest (or even worse, before they do)...a text message, a wave, a hello, an IM, and email....anything, anything that they can cling onto...there the girl goes...following that torturer...settling for whatever crumbs he will give her....Is the chicken/girl a masochist? Does the chicken/girl think they cannot possibly survive without these breadcrumbs?...

I don't know the answer really. And though I wish it wasn't so, having examined my past relationships...especially that wicked college one and really the dentist as well...at least in my highschool relationship the boy was the chicken, that's something...but I digress....How does one quit this cycle?

Ladies, I recommend a low carb diet as a start!