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Ferdinand, My Hero

Instead of charging in after bad guys, our president could take a page from "The Story of Ferdinand" about a bull who refused to be drawn into a bullfight, despite all the hype, and preferred instead to sit under a cork tree and smell the flowers.


Published in 1938, the book works on a number of different levels--as a Buddhist tale of enlightenment, as pacifist inspiration, and according to one website, even as a positive gay role model (click the link for further discussion of the gayness of other Disneyfied characters) .