Walking down at the beach, saw a herd of summer camp kids being driven to the water's edge by their counselors, one of whom admonishes his charges to remember 'no throwing stones into the lake'. There you have it, the death of our society, our Western culture, revealed in one simple moment culled from an endless drudgery of moments: young boys not allowed to throw stones into a lake - I suppose to guard with suffocating vigilance against the chance of someone getting hurt or possibly worse to snuff out any hint of boisterous competition because you know some boys can't throw that well and some girls can't throw at all. Absolutely pathetic. I picked up a stone and heaved it at a seagull just to try and right the universe in some small way. Missed.
