August 13, 2011

The light-bulb goes on

A wonderful exegesis* of the London riots from Oleg Volk:
On the recent riots
Parks usually warn visitors not to feed wild animals. Habituated to handouts, creatures such as bears get aggressive and attack visitors who disappoint them by not providing the expected food. Then the park rangers have to shoot the “problem bears”. It’s the same with the people: habituating them to handouts and letting them think the handouts are tribute is a surefire way of getting riots when the bread and circuses cease or merely decrease.
Reader Bob offers this comment:
If they continue to act uncivilized, it will be time for us to act as Park Rangers.?.?.?
*exegesis -- yeah yeah, I know that exegesis refers to the critical analysis of a piece of TEXT but that word just fits comfortably here. Don't like it, start your own durn blog. Posted by DaveH at August 13, 2011 9:48 PM
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