context1: Thus planners <strong>ignore</strong> possible problems, as in the American experiment with prohibition. If they hope something will not happen, they see it as unlikely to happen. Thus smokers think that they personally will <strong>avoid</strong> cancer.
context2: It also holds reference to the vision of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. This is a reference to the all-encompassing knowledge of the Bible, the Word of God. Later decks <strong>avoid</strong> such blatant Christian symbolism, or <strong>ignore</strong> it altogether, choosing to explain these observers as representatives of the natural world, or the kingdom of beasts.