Yes it was, and he's right. Riots are anarchy. Then the looters take = over, and that happens in war, too. War is an organized riot. There are more "have-nots" than "haves" and when the disparity becomes too great the=20 result is violence.=20 Panem et circenses was how Juvenal characterized the imperial = leadership's way of placating the masses. The price of order is bread and circuses.=20 Moslems do not enjoy Western circuses but like Western bread, they have their own circuses. Lack of bread is a justifiable riot, but those = that=20 starve do not fight well.=20
| > dlzc wrote: | >> > > It's surprisingly obscure, given something so vital to our | >> > > civilization. | >>
| >> > Huh ? Vital to our civilization? | >> >
| >> > Before refrigeration, all the best real estate was protected | >> > by the heat and mosquitos. Now, hordes of uncivilized | >> > savages invade and erect high rises and pave over anything | >> > that will stay drained for over an hour. | >
| > And they install showers, and iced drinks, and other | > unnaturalness. Luckily, Europe remains untouched by such = savagery... | >
| >> Which correctly defines what we call "civilization". | >>
| >> How many people will die without refrigeration of foodstuffs, both = in | >> process and delivered to our doors (or at least the local grocery | >> store)? This defines "vital to our civilization". | >
| > heh | >
| > A few years ago, following a storm here in Cal., there | > was a power outage lasting 2 days. People literally | > went out of their minds... they mobbed PG&E offices, | > dumping their rotted food, even assaulting the employees. | > Social breakdown, just TWO MEASLY DAYS without electricity! | >
| > The funniest bit was the garage door openers that | > failed. People couldn't extricate their cars from their | > garages... the perils of modern living... | >
| > -- | > Rich | >=20 |=20 |