Let us not forget that official decisions made in Washington -- in the White House and in Congress -- resulted in the needless deaths of millions.
In a statement, ILWU Local 10 said its members were "outraged by the recent escalation in police brutality throughout the US that has resulted in the needless killing of innocent and unarmed minorities".
Hoffmann could not have imagined that, 150 years later, Philip's fidgets would become a cardinal sign of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), resulting in the needless medicalisation of millions of American teenagers.
Had he not substituted his own choreography for Albrecht's solo in Act II (he omitted the three double air turns) and not danced so wildly in the needless virtuosity added to the very end, his Albrecht would have persuaded with its tender passion.
Delia's fourth rule – "Once the cake is in the oven, don't open the door" – has resulted in the needless deaths of thousands of literal-minded people in kitchen fires, but is a good rule of thumb – although, to be frank this is not a problem I have.
Instead of railing against those who killed Harambe, we can take his death as a spur to reconsider our attitudes to animals and our own participation in the needless deaths of so many of them.
