There was something about this just recently, about people in the recent disasters in Japan. I think it was in a link, and there are lots of links, so I'm depending on my faulty memory.

It said something about how most of the people of a community worked together, but there were some individuals who thought they didn't have to do anything. The rest of the community gave these people something to do that seemed important to them, and gave them a title, and the do-nothings came around to decide that their job was necessary and began to work with the others.

Can't just drown them in the bathtub, eh? Okay, on to Plan B...

Sue