Sloth: The Annotated Edition

Sloth

I'll make you an offer you can never refuse,
I'll remove the devoir¹ and desire to choose,
It's really quite simple to select the right door,
An offer that's certain to allure you for more.
The tocsin² is ringing; don't worry and don't fight,
For Pavlov³ was brilliant and Cannon⁴, too, had light,
But Milgram⁵ was special, and Janis⁶ would be brave⁷,
Just ponder the offer, and endorse⁸ it, my knave⁹.
   I'll appeal your senses, that moral rope you cling,
   But dawdle not, instead to contract¹⁰ you must spring,
   (I, also, can alleve¹¹ your burden of that thing.)
   No distress, no worries, no fever of your's grown,
   I'll protect you against the terror at home sown,
   So perpend¹² the offer, the favor yet not known.
  
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1. Duty.
2. Bell, alarm, object to be rung.
3. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Russian physiologist, 1904 Nobel Prize winner for his work
    on the physiology of digestion; made famous for discovering the condition reflex,and
    having a profound effect on the foundations of Psychology and Behavioral Science.
4. William Bradford Cannon, First to describe the fight or flight response.
5. Stanley Milgram, Yale Professor of Psychology noted for his research in the 1960's
    on a person's obedience to authority figures.
6. Irving Janis, Research Psychologist at Yale University from 1947 until 1985, noted
    for his research involving and describing the social psychology concept of
    Groupthink.
7. Archaic, Proud.
8. Doublespeak, Refers to both support and signing as in a letter or contract.
9. Archaic, Servant.
10. Doublespeak, Refers to both a legal agreement between parties and to acquire as
      in the catching of a contagion. (virus, bacteria, infection, etc.)
11. Relieve, alleviate.
12. Consider.


Invino Veritas
11/5/12
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