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Keeping the peace
It’s 10pm on a Friday night. The bar is packed and a client slurs ‘three large vodkas’ to the bartender. Serving the group will take them to dangerously high levels of alcohol, but saying ‘no’ will antagonise them, and in the mood they’re in, God knows what they’ll do. It’s tempting to give the nearest a gentle shove and then watch them fall, domino-style, to the floor, a flaying mass of flesh and booze. ...
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