No easy answers as to why ordinary people were stirred into looting

YOUR 2-year-old upends his bowl of soggy cornflakes, putting it squarely on top of his head.

Your 2-year-old fills the toilet with your best shoes. Your 4-year-old hits the child next to her at the playgroup.

What do you do? You know you can’t belt a toddler. You have that urge well under control, because you are a good mother or father. Even as you mop up, brace yourself for the plumber’s charge or nod gravely at the woman who runs the playgroup, you restrain yourself from belting the child. You restrain yourself from yelling at the child.