[DAWN] “IF you keep vipers in your garden,” goes the old proverb. “Don’t be surprised if you get bitten.”
After years of getting bitten regularly, we have developed an immunity to snake venom. But every once in a while, a particularly poisonous serpent can still inflict a lot of suffering. And then cries go up to clear the garden once and for all.
| Once the nasty Americans leave the neighbourhood, they will calm down; and we should not kill the snakes that only bite our neighbours |
But soon, the pain subsides, and the soothing refrain goes up: they are our snakes, after all, and we can train them to behave better; they are only reacting to drone attacks; once the nasty Americans leave the neighbourhood, they will calm down; and we should not kill the snakes that only bite our neighbours. |