Getting your priorities right

From the chapter on methodology in my Social Psychology textbook:

"Other social psychologists have sometimes been lucky enough or perceptive enough to be in the right time and place to study fascinating phenomena such as a riot."

Now, call me crazy, but if I suddenly found myself in the middle of a riot, my first thought would not be, 'Ooh, lucky me! What a fantastic research opportunity!' But then, I guess that's why I'm not a scientist.