Too often people hear that some lions escaped from the zoo, and then hear that shoplifting went up, and decide that the lions must be robbing convenience stores.

Sometimes a problem and a cause don't snap together so obviously. I'm no fan of private equity but I've tried to inject some perspective into discussions on HN where people automatically assume that "private equity has operated in a space" and "there are problems in the space" form a complete mathematical equation and we don't need to look beyond them for any other factors.