I have one question which DQ would probably consider a no-brainer for himself, yet I have never been able to wholly understand. It's about something that has been addressed in more than one of his books and often on the Q&A. So here it is: How can being Takers explain why teenagers in schools across the nation (especially Columbine) have resorted to such murder and violence? I've heard the analogies like the boiling frog and all the other stuff, but I still don't get it. • Ishmael.org, the work & philosophy of Daniel Quinn