....there would have been no that. Person X is to blame for Situation Y. Problem Q is a direct consequence of Decision Z. And so forth. We make these cause-and-effect connections without so much as a second thought. Very rarely, though, can we support them with anything more than weak and circumstantial evidence - and biased supposition.
You may think you know why things are as they are, but you cannot be sure. But you can be quite sure that they don't have to stay as they are if you don't want them to.
To be alive at all involves some risk. (Harold Macmillan)
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