Thoughts to Build On

many, whom many fear." (That statement referred to Julius
Caesar.)
People who make threats are not always in dan-
ger of assassination, although that sometimes is the case.
More often, they are subject to injury. But much more of-
ten, they simply are rated "undesirable and unacceptable"
as future employees, neighbors; and by the «Establishment"
which they so vocally confronted and which they suddenly
discover confronts them.
College graduates are finding it more difficult
to get jobs. This is especially true of graduates of «trouble
schools." (Business is noted for detailed record-keeping!)
It may have been great fun-or even noble-to chase
job-recruiters off the campus, but business personnel man-
agers have a remarkable communication system, and data
processing has a long memory.
Politicians, who become pawns of a vocal mi-
nority, will find that a minority (no matter how vocal and
how dedicated) is still a minority in the voting booths.
Yet the threats continue; the threats multiply;
the threats escalate in their radical demands. Clenched fists
are raised as symbols of anarchy. But each threat assures
subsequent retaliation. The day of accounting will come.
And those who seek power by instilling fear
through threats are, themselves, in the greatest danger. It
is the lesson of history.
It may not be too late to learn.