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Editor’s Note

ustralian artist Michael Butler asked nearly twenty years ago, “Why do people treat people the way they do? – the machinations of human interaction. My interest is neither prurient nor glib. Simply, I cannot comprehend brutality and I am intrigued to fathom magazine, is finding new ways to deal with these challenges.

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