I'm sure he told the lifeless object to "stop resisting! Stop resisting!"

then I guess they deserve having these total morons on the job.

But it could just as easily be real.

-- Mal

mannequins.

Jumping to conclusions based on a first impression. For example somebody could fall for satire because it fits their world view.

http://www.snopes.com/police-shoot-department-store-mannequin-67-times-after-mistaking-it-for-gunman/

Works every time if the satire fits the world well enough.

But, was the mannequin naked? People still want to know.

Thank goodness no one quotes Animal Farm or the lazy mind would really be in a rhetorical tizzy.

Object Lesson II: Satire is predicated on the social norm, and abject rejection of the former is an absolute denial of the latter.

“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”
10 George Orwell Quotes that Predicted Life in 2016 America

“Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of mannequins.”