Allegory

Tuna,

 You are correct, he was undoubtedly making such a reference.

 Typically the moral of that story is that sometimes, even though it may
 seem foolish, perhaps even dangerous or suicidal, to point out that
 something is wrong, it's nonetheless the right thing to do.
 
 Unfortunately we see this far too often in business, and particularly
 in IT --- charlatans come in and tell us they have magic cloth from
 which they have woven fine raiments in which we can dress up our
 organization and prance about before our adoring users and customers.
 Far too often our own management won't listen to the "children" among
 us (those who are near the bottom of the org. charts).  Consequently
 we see horrible boondoggles perpetrated upon our employers.

 (I'd give a particular example of my own devising -- but I don't feel
 like getting sued by some megacorp that's commonly known by a pair
 of initials).

JimD