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Just imagine how empty and devoid of meaning is the life of someone who goes to a prison and blasts “Another One Bites the Dust” to celebrate the execution of someone they never met. Don't they have anyone they'd rather spend time with? Or does anyone else want to spend time with them?

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It's even sadder than that, he does this alone. He can't even find someone to counterprotest with him.

> The counterprotester, meanwhile, a lean retiree named Bill Campbell, tried to drown out the sound with a boom box blasting “Another One Bites the Dust.” [emphasis mine]

Not "One of the" or "Some" or "Among the counterprotesters", just the one lone counterprotester whose life is so devoid of meaning that he has chosen to fill it with a solitary celebration of death.

I am sure we can all guess how he votes.

This is probably the case for 80% of all jobs. People having fulfilling jobs is the exception, not the rule.

This is not his job. It seems to be his life’s mission.

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