In an indication of what simmering tensions could bring if unleashed, a mob of Christian youths in Jos's Tina neighbourhood set up a roadblock yesterday where they attacked at least three Muslim residents, beating one into a coma.
It commemorates the sectarian murder of my paternal grandfather's brother, who was beaten and stabbed to death by a loyalist mob very close by during the Troubles.
On Thursday, a mob attacked HDP supporters in the eastern city of Erzurum before an election rally.
The mob craving to bring coercive law into every realm of human behaviour has long troubled ethicists.
You can rent a kayak or paddle-boat from Lake Burley Griffin Boat Hire and explore the lake's outer reaches, where abundant wildlife – including a large mob of tame kangaroos at Weston Park – can be spotted along the forested shores.
On a practical note, as below-the-line comments on the Shetland Times story explain, the SNP-inspired lynch mob which wants him out will tire sooner than he will.
If aliens were to land in India today they would be greeted by a bewildering spectacle – while hordes of film buffs gather outside cinemas to see the latest Bollywood blockbuster, an angry mob waves saffron-coloured flags and calls for the arrest of the movie's hero for allegedly defaming Hinduism.
In Shakespeare, The Crowd is only ever one "Friends, Romans, Countrymen…" speech from transforming into The Mob, the baying, vein-bulging, screaming amorphous mass demanding "its right" with no thought for the consequences.
Douglas's small-town team from Columbus, Ohio, outsmarted the Tyson mob.
I had all these experiences, all this lovely thank you from everybody … even the Indigenous mob, they cry when they see me [on screen] and it makes me proud.
"But if the city of Leeds is to make it clear that mob violence is unacceptable, there can unfortunately be no alternative to ensuring that this festival does not take place in the area again".
