Doug's reaction reminds me of a similar reaction by my sister to a very different situation occurring in professional sports.

A couple of us were talking about football (USA) Coach Woody Hays during a game punching out a player of the opposing side. It was an unseemly, unprecedented violation of professionalism. My sister- profoundly non-interested or experienced in sports - sniffed. It doesn't surprise me, she said. They do that kind of thing all the time.

My brothers and I looked at her in disbelief. There is no arguing that kind of stupidity.

Nothing personal, of course, Doug.