One of the more common yet irritatingly pointless human reactions to a problem is to demand that Something Must Be Done. Sure, often there’s a problem that can be fixed and there’s a practical, wise fix available. But far too often people just demand action… any action. Even if the action would actually make the situation worse. I suspect most readers of this blog would expect that at this point I’d proceed to bringing up some brainless American leftist nonsense like gun control or speech codes. But hey, I’m broad-minded. Not every person putting forward useless ideas is an American leftie. Gentlemen, behold:

Priests Pour 18 Gallons of Holy Water Over Russian City to Stop ‘Alcohol Consumption, Drugs and Fornication’

Yeah, that’ll do it. After pouring some water out of an airplane, I feel confident that Russians will give up booze.