The Power of Fear

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I was walking through the pedestrian-only shopping center of Lausanne the other day. It was cool but sunny and I had my patrol pack slung over my left shoulder. Inside were my gym things, sweaty from the two-hour workout I’d just completed. A loaf of freshly-baked bread was in the outside compartment, a yeasty promise of lunch soon to be enjoyed.

Directly ahead of me a small child around four years of age was having a massive…