The Neighborhood Threat?

"It is demonstrable that things cannot be otherwise than as they are; everything happens for a reason; and all is necessarily for the best end." So Voltaire has Professor Pangloss quip, or something like it in the original French, in Candide, ou l'Optimisme (1759). It soon becomes clear that Voltaire thinks Pangloss is an imbecile, and society far less than perfect.

Yes, everything may happen for a reason -- sometimes a stupid, pointless, cruel and unnecessary one. Such was the case in the violent death of Trayvon Martin.

Today's Rune: Wholeness.