Light the Torches!

Earlier this week, the Girl was doing homework. I decided to review the completed work cause sometimes she gets a little lazy and rushes thru just to get done. Here is what I found... Homework entitled; Our Core Democratic Values - Civic Virtue in Action (emphasis added) The assignment was to read the situations and write a response in a complete sentence. Here we go. Situation 3. People vote on whether or not to build a community center without being told they will have to pay extra taxes to build the community center. And the Girl's response: I think people would get mad and burn down houses. (Please note that I added emphasis on the words virtue and values, as they are completely opposite of burning down houses) In my head, I picture a man reading the newspaper in his lazy boy chair. "Oh look, the Community Center is nearly done, how nice for our town! Wait a minute, what's this? We have to pay extra taxes for the confounded thing!? Honey, where is my torch? I have had ENOUGH!" I must say that I am a little sad we have gotten away from the core values of torching houses when angered by random events. Where have all our virtues gone?