Few things more ridiculous than the British public in a fit of sentimentality

Everyone might be sad about the destruction of the Cutty Sark, but you have to ask what the people in charge of the boat were thinking. You can't just leave a wooden boat lying about unsupervised. I know they sent someone round to check it every half hour or so, but that's frankly irresponsible. Don't they know there are lots of bad people like arsonists wandering the streets looking for a bit of wood set fire to? Just because people feel sorry for them doesn't mean they shouldn't be prosecuted. I must find a radio phone in to express my outrage and attempt to form a lynch mob.