Birds of Prey

Nietzsche states that scientists believe that, " ... the strong man is free to be weak and the bird of prey to be a lamb - for thus they gain the right to make the bird of prey accountable for being a bird of prey."(45). I think what Nietzsche is saying with this bird of prey-lamb analogy is that the strong take advantage of others beacause it is a part of their nature. When Nietzsche states that "...they gain the righ to make the bird of prey accountable for being a bird of prey' he is saying that scientists are wrong for trying to change the nature of the strong. In my opinion the strong should not take advantage of the weak. This is because no one could ever be the strongest person. Therefore, one will always be living in fear of the stronger person that could take advantage of them. It would be better, to get rid of this fear by everyone respecting each other. If we justify the strong taking advantage of the weak what kind of society would we have? Everyone would always be looking over their shoulder. No one would trust each other.