5 Feet of Fury

Yes, the carnival in its truest incarnation SEEMS like a pretty sensible notion

…the day when all hierarchies are reversed and all power mocked.

Alas, the key word that was overlooked by our contemporaries and immediate ancestors is:

“Day.”

“But that’s good, isn’t it…?”

Mark Shea:

A friend of mine argues that all of human history can be summed up in two sentences.  The first is “What could it hurt?”.  The second: “How were we supposed to know?”