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It swept through the population in the form of a contagion
that destroyed ‘caution’, the basic survival switch in the amygdala, a pair of
almond sized regions deep in the brain.
Was it a prelude to some attack?
I’d wondered why, if an unknown assailant lay behind the
viral outbreak, they would choose to spread courage rather than fear among the
population.
But the reason became evident.
Those whom the gods wish to
destroy they first make mad.
Madly brave.
Fired with courage without the caution of fear they fronted
enemies they once feared, sparked reprisals, conflict and bloodshed in the
streets - and raised the threat of reckless wars between nations. And for those
that remained after the carnage? History had shown that it was harder to kill a
shadowy enemy, the terrorist, the guerilla, the coward, those who shrank into
the cracks like spiders.
Bring them out into the open instead.
In this new world of courage, the brave ended up dead.
