13.5.05

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There's an old folk story that if you throw a frog into boiling water he will quickly jump out. But if you put a frog into a pan of cold water and slowly raise the temperature, the gradual warming will make the frog doze happily. In fact the frog will eventually cook to death, without ever waking up. Will this be the fate of European citizens in the face of the hazards of a new "Road to Serfdom"?

It need not be so. Biologists have tested whether the story of the frogs is true. And they have found out that it isn't. The frogs will jump out long before the water becomes too hot for them.

What do we make out of all of this? The conclusion is clear: Europeans should follow the frogs. Europe needs a change.