Incidents yesterday = 950 above normal (increase of 22% over the day before)[normal Incident count = 16.44]
     Report on Ganj Dareh Meeting/will-be-heard participation (R=86%/W=44%):

     Discussion Groups Active: 16,731 Forums & 22,415 Klatsches
      Notable excerpts: Round-robin Klatsch "Die Gastarbeiter: Love Them or Boot Them Out?"
      By: Dorf Zenhar Mor-Rigaud [Neighborhood Xref=Marcacocha]
     .voice-only: Is it us or is it them?
      By: Os Carshaftel McCarthy [Neighborhood Xref=Ruhlen]
     .voice-only: The way you ask that means it's all of us.
     Dorf Zenhar: What? I have never attacked anyone in my life!
      By: Tin Marskygrona Talking-Heads [Neighborhood Xref=Tring]
     .voice-only: They began with sloth, then anger. Then they added envy and greed. Now, soon after, they have assumed violence as part of their manifesto. We cannot stand around here and let this go on.
     Os Carshaftel: They, they, they — why do you assume it was them? Part of this came from us. Part of this violence arose from our own insecurities, our own prejudices, our own latent hatreds. Look to ourselves for the cause, look to ourselves for the cure.
     Tin Marskygrona: The only cure is to send them back where they came from — or send them on to their reward, hellish may it be.
      By: Tom Baines Shipstavern [Neighborhood Xref=Leighton Buzzard]
     .voice-only: That's all we are, talkers, not acters. Why can't we get out and do something about this?
     Dorf Zenhar: Your way causes wars. Our forefathers suffered too much from war. They tried to undo it at its root cause: insecurity — and its expressions: fear, envy, and greed — but as Tin Marskygrona alluded, they did not succeed completely. Yet we must — must! I tell you — keep trying to stay off that path or we'll all end up in Hell right here on Yeibichai.
     Tom Baines: Can't we find out who did this? Instead of blaming the generic, can't we identify and punish the specific?
     By: Cath Erin Eoleary [Neighborhood Xref=Nikumaroro]
      .voice-only: We ought to be able to look at the miscreants. Isn't that what Beobachtung is for?
     By: Dik Historio Bales [Neighborhood Xref=Zack]
     .voice-only: Excuse me, but I've done a little research into that. All Beobachtung data for the entire planet is stored in this coag, cue/Em-Deh = . You can find tools for interpreting the data at this coag, cue/Em-Deh = .
     By: Dan Peg-Leg Sullivan [Neighborhood Xref=Willesden]
     .voice-only: Excuse me, but have you actually tried to look at this nasty omasum yourself?
     Dik Historio: Well, no.
     Dan Peg-Leg: Then you haven't discovered the secret of the Popovich substrate of the global data, have you, neophyte?
      Dik Historio: Well, no.
     Dan Peg-Leg: A little history then, greenhorn. The Open-and-Accountable Pattern states, "The Planetary Collective, hence society, demands complete openness and accountability for all zhee-tely in all activities. Therefore, all public spaces, on land and sea and in the air, are automatically observed (Beobachtung) and all raw surveillance data, and the tools to process it, made available via the Mirnaya Direvnya. Any zhee-tel may access the data and tools, including the anshin." And things started out that way. The Beobachtung got quite a work-out in the early days, the concept being so new and powerful, but after a while, we adjusted. We behaved ourselves, out in the open anyway.
     So, very few people noticed when Popovich parted ways with the other Continental Collectives. About thirty-two years ago, our Collective, after a sudden and inconspicuous competition, hired a combine, one of Byukan-Hamil's combines, to rewrite the query and rendering tools for the Beobachtung data that originates in Popovich. They couldn't change the global standard, of course, but they could arrange for the new tools to be the only ones accessible from this continent and for these tools to work only on Popovich data.
     Dik Historio: So what? They can't keep us from getting to the data, can they, Mijnheer Sourdough?
     Dan Peg-Leg: No, but notice that the Greater Pattern says "data, and the tools to process it." And the Lesser Patterns, describing the specific tools, don't contain anything more than functional specifications.
      Dik Historio: Is this going somewhere, old-timer?
     Dan Peg-Leg: None of the relevant Patterns says that the tools have to be easy to use, and here on Popovich, they're not. I defy anyone short of a Byukan-Hamil staff gleest to get any images out of Popovich data, much less run an identification agent against them. An early milestone in Byukan-Hamil's domination, an unrecognized victory for our mountain masters. As a novitiate, you wouldn't know any better. G'day, my children, I'm history, as they say.
     Tom Baines: Wait, wait! You're saying we can't find out who did this? You're saying we can't bring the actual culprits to justice? Helpless, we can only resort to lashing out at stereotypes and generalities? Is that what you're saying? St. Joseph's Analgesic, where are our anshin when we need them?
     By: Ku Wabataké Sanjuro [Neighborhood Xref=Tel Megiddo]
     .voice-only: You want anshin? Here I am!
     Tom Baines: Can't we find out who did this? If we knew their names, we'd know what groups were responsible, and we could fix this crisis then. Couldn't we?
     Ku Wabataké: By pattern, detainment records are restricted access. Come the arraignments, you'll know who these intolerant, undisciplined krot are. And we don't need Beobachtung to convict them, either. Clue-tek, hypno-verified eyewitnesses, and just plain old footwork does that job.
     I will tell you this, however: our guests don't dominate the cells by much. We're running sixty-seven percent non-residents, that's all. Don't pride yourselves too much.
     Os Carshaftel: What can we do? Are we lost?
     Ku Wabataké: No, we're not lost, not yet, anyway. The Chief will be rolling out some programs to help us get a handle on this. She's also working with the Rendezvous to bring Die Gastarbeiter into these programs. We've got to work together, is all.
     Os Carshaftel: That's all?
     Dorf Zenhar: All? The hardest obstacle to remove is the one built into your own mind.

     Notable excerpts: Ad-hoc Session of Moderated Klatsch "Puebla Disciples of Christ Church," Ro Gar Na-Ele, Minister
      By: Ro Gar Na-Ele [Neighborhood Xref=Shevoroshkin]
     .full-video/visual interpretation=off: Earlier this evening, unfortunate events led to private disasters for two-hundred fifty-nine of our fellow zhee-tely, none of whom is a member of this congregation. This is not the place to discuss the causes and effects of those events, but rather, we come together to ease suffering and speed recovery.
     I have prevailed upon our anshin to supply me with names and addresses for these victims without waiting for normal processing. In a moment, I will begin placing those names into bid. I expect us to cover each of those names with three days of meals, errand-running, companionship, and solace. By then, med-tek should've healed their wounds, our courtesy should've eased their angst, and all of us can get back to our normal lives.
      May the Lord bless our efforts!
     First, I offer Y Rafael Teresa and his wife, Tovar. They should be released from Paris Clinic first thing in the morning. I hope that we can provide an escort home from the clinic and meals starting with breakfast. I am open to bids!
      By: Paz Tavio Nobel [Neighborhood Xref=Hepi Te Heu Heu]
     .voice-only: We live behind that clinic. I will bring the Teresas home for breakfast, then my husband and sons will accompany them to their home.
      By: Ges Boris Jorgelu [Neighborhood Xref=Ruhlen]
     .voice-only: I'll cover mid-day meal that day and the next two.
      By: Ton Bre Reand [Neighborhood Xref=Nostratic]
     .voice-only: I'll sit with them tomorrow afternoon.
     [By the end of this ad-hoc klatsch, the congregation had completely satisfied their minister's hopes for Christian charity]