A man cannot tell when he seeth men proceed against him by violence whether they intend his death or not. Thomas Hobbes, A.P. Martinich and Brian Battiste, Eds, Leviathan, Broadview, 2011. Part I, Chapter XIV, 8. p 129.
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A scapegoat is (usually) a person or group of people unjustly blamed for some set of circumstances arising from the actions of others. ScapegoatsĀ bear the brunt of crowd hostility and, once identified by an angry mob, find themselves in no-win,… Read More ›