I was impressed enough by recent unfolding events to look up the definition of a switchblade in the Wikipedia. This is what I found!
“A switchblade (aka switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, flick blade, or spring knife is a type of knife with a sliding or pivoting blade contained in the handle which is extended automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or bolster is activated”.
By federal definition under the US 1958 Switchblade Act, a switchblade sports two important features:
- It contains a blade concealed inside a handle biased to come out of the handle.
- The blade is released when a button, switch or other device on the handle is pressed.
When that definition is applied to human beings every one of us is a switch blade. We all have that recessed blade within us. We press the button to release it when we have something to lose!
When we sense fear, a loss of prestige, a loss of income, a loss of liberty, or has a FOMO episode – Fear of Missing out – it automatically springs the lock. It is also very eminently possible that when we do so when we have something to gain! Which is the more likely is for the Psychologists to say, but one thing is for sure, the act of pressing the button that loosens the blade is rarely ever accidental. Only incidental!
A switchblade reveals its fangs when we push its button, lever, or a switch on the handle! And we do it consciously unless we have an anger management problem. Once we open it, it locks into place and goes back to a closed position, only when it has utilized the energy coiled in its spring or served its purpose (either for or against), until the next time!
One very important reason that it’s called a switch blade is it switches its allegiance to whoever holds it with reverence and gives it its freedom of expression! It is very possessive and protective of its fundamental right to express itself. And so, it is loyal only to itself!
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