By the same token, presumably, a street performance of 'Hamlet' would be tantamount to encouraging revenge murder,
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This is not intended as a how-to, ... This is a pop culture moment, not a criminal activity.Marc Ecko
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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
Alexander Pope
As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper.
Goldwin Smith