Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Origins of Wednesday lxxix: Caught loitering





Everyone knows somebody who likes
being where he is. Such people do
present what many regard as unwar-
ranted demands on the safety nets,
so lavishly deployed by our sever-
al layers of government to rescue
the incorrigible. Like their defi-
ance of inclement weather or hos-
tile fault lines, however, their
recalcitrance toward official ad-
vice structures a game of risk we
take no trouble to ignore. Unsafe
affections test no nerve of their
own, only ours. They are our part.







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