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thug (formerly) a member of an organization of robbers and assassins in India who typically strangled their victims How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Self-sacrifice versus thuggery A study of territoriality in male side-blotched lizards suggested that their altruism represents a much-discussed scenario in which individuals with a certain version of a gene recognize and favor others with the same form (169: 334). By the same token, he dislikes rap and hip-hop performers who glorify thuggery, sexism, and criminality. He mocks Paul Berman for attacking the Black Panthers yet neither debunks Berman's reports of their rampant thuggery nor tries to balance them against some larger good the Panthers have supposedly done. |
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