Voice of Reason 30: Beware the Heffalump

Voice of Reason posts the next installment of the Last Crusade oration:  Last Crusade 30 Beware the Heffalump.
The Last Crusade takes up arms against a fallen world.
The Enemy silences opposition by leveling accusations.
This includes the accusation that current danger is too immediate to permit any dissent. It is too late in the day for a debate, and the nursery is already on fire, so to stop now and talk is a waste of time, if not sabotage and sedition meant to aid the enemy.

This alleged danger is never real, and always follows the same pattern: an assertion of wisdom by the foolish, compassion by the heartless, courage by the craven, combined with a promise to work wizardry, changing nature and human nature.