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Opinion: Who are we to mock the Life of Brian?

People enjoy being part of a lynch mob but as long as he lays off the Kool Aid, all power to Brian Tamaki. 

Damien Grant
Mon, 21 Nov 2016

People enjoy being part of a lynch mob and having membership of a group validated by a public vilification is deeply satisfying. These days a lynching does not need to end with the devil’s jig, which marks a form of progress, although the underlying dynamic is unchanged.

Last week’s focus of the

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Damien Grant
Mon, 21 Nov 2016
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