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  • I don't think you can hold someone accountable for trampling someone else, because that person was probably pushed from behind. But if someone picks your pocket in a crowd, it's no different from any other act of that kind, in another situation.

    "Ask the Author Live: John Seabrook on Crowds". live chat, www.newyorker.com. January 28, 2011.
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