In a world where innocent people are Dying Like Animals, some people take it on themselves to be ostriches. Zoological accuracy aside, these folks tend to believe that all you have to do is ignore the problem and it will solve itself. Sometimes, they're right. Specifically, ignoring the situation just happens to be preferable to any other solution. How is this possible? As implied by the Dying Like Animals writeup, when this strategy fails, it fails hard. Sometimes played for comic relief, as when the ignoring character thinks it's just an attention ploy, and they're in for a nasty surprise.