Whenever I am faced with mass aggression against an individual I notice, in the first instance, the inequality of combat. The time of duels is gone; the notion that honor, even if demeaned, demands loyal combat is gone. The crowd is essentially cowardly for taking advantage of numerical oppression. I can see that, even if the individual has done something reprehensible, I will never be able to roar at the sight of his head rolling. I always and compulsorily reject the disgusting roar of the crowd. I will never stand beside the impersonalized mob, the sum of cowards hiding under the mask of a “common cause” to assault.
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