Every once in a while, you read a headline and think, “Please be kidding.” This is one of them. It seems that in India, there’s a problem with aggressive monkeys. So, in a public works project worthy of FDR, the government plans to hire the unemployed to sterilize them.  (the monkeys, not the unemployed)

According to the AP article,  “Indian authorities have struggled in recent years to deal with the tens of thousands of monkeys that live in and around cities. They are drawn to public places such as temples and office buildings, where devout Hindus feed them, believing them to be manifestations of the god Hanuman.”

Now, I don’t want to start a Holy War here, but if I was the god Hanuman, I wouldn’t want my manifestations (so to speak) cut off.  I would be very protective of my manifestations. Violently, protective.  So, I don’t think this plan is going to work.  I think it’s going to encourage even more monkey aggression.  Understandably, so.

Maybe they should give the unemployed  jobs finding manifestations of the goddess Hanuwoman for the manifestations of the god Hunuman.  Then the monkeys would be a lot less angry.  And nobody would lose their manifestations.

Carry on, Citizens!