Random: Cans of Worms

As noted and quoted by the indefagitable bloggers of Making Light, writer John Barnes recently mused on colliding cultural approaches to security, Euripides's Trojan Women, and why writers aren't like politicians:

A hard-working, competent politician will open a can of worms only as a last resort, and then try to discard the bad worms, make the good worms line up straight, and ultimately put all the good worms back into a better can. A fiction writer who is serious about writing good fiction will open the same can just for the hell of it, with a joyous shout of "Wow! Cool! Worms!" in order to play with the worms, show the worms to friends, give the worms names, dress the worms up in costumes, attempt to interview the worms, and perhaps try to become a worm.

The whole essay is to be found here. Share and enjoy!