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Thwacking Good Sense

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Thwacking Good Sense
I have an awful confession to make. More than once during the past few months, I’ve been seized by an urge to deliver a resounding thwack to a passerby—to commit an unprovoked and quite random act of violence against a total stranger. I should state for the record that I’m not an aggressive person, either. Although...

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