> We all kind of know that we're well beyond sheer domination of all things earthly and bestial. There's not much to revel in, and it's not valuable to teach yo

> We all kind of know that we're well beyond sheer domination of all things earthly and bestial. There's not much to revel in, and it's not valuable to teach your children to revel in such displays. I certainly don't know that, and I do think it's valuable to teach a child to how to wisely and kindly exercise authority over the world and the animals in it. Were circuses a vehicle for doing that? I don't really know — it's been decades since I've seen one, and I can't remember any of it now.