[throwaway49849]

The people that gravitate towards positions of unrestrained power often seem to have an authoritarian bend. If there's an opportunity to use their power to be a hero, that will scratch the itch, but in the absence of that opportunity, they seem to readily turn their power on the rest of us.

[sremani]

A man's urge to be a Hero and save the day, and a bureaucrat's fear of losing reputation are a deadly cocktail.

[KMag]

That's a great statement. DDG seems to think you came up with it. Is that so?

Thank goodness I'm not inebriated near an all-night tattoo parlor.

[feoren]

> Thank goodness I'm not inebriated near an all-night tattoo parlor.

Speaking of brand new sentences ...