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A fine is enforced with the threat of violence. Knowing that someone somewhere is laughing at one is not, in fact, violence.
It takes two to humiliate: one to mock, and one to accept the mockery.
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A fine is enforced with the threat of violence. Knowing that someone somewhere is laughing at one is not, in fact, violence.
It takes two to humiliate: one to mock, and one to accept the mockery.