Why does there always have to be someone to blame?
According to the media and the politicians, we are constantly in a fury about someone who must be censured, sacked, or bombed without delay.
Are we? Or do the shouty people want us to be furious so they can get the credit for sacking or bombing the problem away?
Look at the recent furies: Immigrants - too many. Bankers - lunatics. MPs and their expenses - cheats. Arab despots - cruel. Bent newspapers - awful. Who will be next?
Andy Worhol said we were all going to be famous for 15 minutes. Maybe we are now going to be infamous for 15 minutes. The fickle finger of fate will point at us one day and Newsnight, Channel 4 News, the Daily Mail and Parliament will all be howling for our blood like the witchfinders of old.
But only for 15 minutes. After that, no matter how dastardly it was, the scandal can be put to one side and replaced by the next awful thing.
And not in the summer. When the politicians and the media stars are at their Tuscan villas, the anger subsides. Normal life can flourish.
Enjoy it while you can. Come September, they will be back, the political parties will have their conferences and we will all be told who to be angry about again.
Or, we could take the advice of the best graffiti in London:
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