As I was driving the other day I saw two men up on the roof of a local business. One of them had a ladder and the other had a shovel. Like you, I assumed that they were constructing an altar, where they could sacrifice goats or young maidens in order to appease the dragons. I felt sorry for all those innocent goats who were going to be slaughtered. Then again, those sacrifices will protect many good people who are willing to pay good money for good protection from a bad dragon.

ADDENDUM: I did not see any dragons today.