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On my eternal quest to find the roots of society's ills (good working hours; pretty shitty conditions; all applicants accepted), I've come across a little something, commonly known as "human nature". And now I'm going to tell you a story about it. You may have heard it before, but I expect you shall read this, just on the off-chance that you glean something from it.

During the Napoleonic wars, the fisherfolk of Hartlepool one day spotted a French vessel (the Chasse Maree) off the coast. Fearing an invasion, they were glad when it was eventually sunk due to severe storms. They scoured the beaches for wreckage, and found one survivor - the ship's pet monkey. In a sailer's uniform.

When the monkey wouldn't respond to questioning about Napoleon's tactics, they hung him for being a Frenchman.

This explains a lot about human nature.