Mufasa’s death was a terrible tragedy; but to lose Simba, who had barely begun to live… For me it is a deep personal loss. So it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet, out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era… in which lion and hyena come together, in a great and glorious future! — The Lion King

One of the more despicable thing I see people do, in politics and in other parts of life, is to use a crisis to convince people to do things that they would normally resist.  Preying on the weaknesses and fears of others is an old tactic, but it sure isn’t a worn out page in the playbook.  “They’re coming for your children” or “If we don’t, we risk catastrophe” seem to be the way that things get done anymore.