When I was the captain of my high school policy debate team, we taught the novices how to make small events turn into catastrophes. We called it, “the Nuclear War game”. Basically, we give you a random event (say, buying a dozen roses) and you have to link that to nuclear war (roses are mainly manufactured in Latin America; in supporting the import of roses, you are creating empirical economic incentives for politicians to bolster free trade laws; free trade hurts American workers, which tanks the economy; we slip into depression and start nuclear war.)

Here is one for you: How do you link your dog taking a piss to the homicide of three Pittsburgh cops?

Answer: Urinating dog triggered argument resulting in 3 officers’ deaths