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title: 'Mercy'
date: '2018-09-20T14:37:55-04:00'
permalink: /20-september-2018-1437/
tags:
    - micro
---

“What motivates otherwise ordinary people to abandon all pretense of mercy when faced with the abject need for it?” A [story](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/opinions/arlington-texas/) that is both horrifying, and horrifyingly familiar. (Heads-up: sexual violence.)