It was actually very painful to read most of these headlines. I'm aghast at the degree to which apparently large groups of people are completely disconnected from reality. I've been talking to some folks in the UK lately, and was astounded to learn that police there seized a pointy stick as an illegal weapon.

Mayhap you can feel my cognitive dissonance. The pointy stick was perhaps the primeval invention of mankind, that started us on our journey to the stars. But, if we're seizing them, maybe we're not headed to the stars, but to abbatoirs instead. Even after that, I was sure no more antihuman political stunt could be essayed, but it seems I was wrong:

Truly, that's beyond the point at which even Brits can keep a stiff upper lip.

Thanks!