Flashes of Panic

A friend of ours is a native Irishman, and this was the first Presidential election in which he’s been able to vote. As with many (most?) Europeans, his place on the political spectrum is around those who think the current administration should be indicted for war crimes.

On this morning’s run, I wondered aloud if the students at the University had rioted, the way they tend to if the Red Sox or the Patriots win (or, sometimes, lose). He said his precinct, like ours, has plenty of students, and they were all around him when he went to vote; one wondered about riots like I had. “Sure they will,” said a second, and a third claimed to be an SA and said they had been put on alert for such events.

“I thought, but didn’t say,” went on our friend, “‘Now if he loses, then you really ought to riot.’”

(I haven’t seen any reports of riots at the University, for what it’s worth.)

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