Experiments on captive spotted hyenas revealed that specimens with no prior experience with lions act indifferently to the sight of them, but will react fearfully to the scent.
Typically, television network executives would react swiftly and fearfully to viewer complaints, no matter how small or unjustified the viewer response.
Today parents fearfully raise their children to mind their own business, study to build careers, not ideologies and lead safe, peaceful lives in sheltered cocoons.