If you pick it, it will never heal.

I am pretty sure that you have had someone in your life tell you, in reference to a cut or scratch, that picking at it will not allow it to heal properly. Most likely this phrase comes from the days of the bubonic plague. A symptom of said plague was puss filled boils rising from the skin, many doctors of the day believed that opening the boils, hence allowing the puss to flow out of the wound, was an affront to God and should not be done. Plague sufferers were often told that, if they picked at the boils, they would never get well. This advice alone caused thousands of deaths in plague stricken Europe. Somehow this advice has held on into our own, more medically advanced day and age. Many people think that not picking at a soar spot will allow it to heal better than a regularly molested wound. My question is this. Is this phrase meant to be a normal, every day mom-like thing to say, or is it a part of an insidious plot to brain wash the people of our planet into not doing anything to remedy problems as they arise in our ailing governmental systems? Could repetitive phraseology be used to make us more complacent? Of course it could. Just think about it, it would sink into your head eventually, not just on a physical level but on a psychological level as well. it makes sense, we live in a flawed world with flawed rulers. They definitely do not want us "picking" at them or their systems. Well, I for one say pick away. Scrape at the scabs of governmental control, scratch away the crusty coating of dead cells that is aristocratic elitism. It's not a done deal so go ahead, rock the boat, sweat the small stuff, give up your day job and while you are looking any of the various gift horses in the mouth, remember to take some of those wooden nickels.