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The truth is that the Fritzl horror reveals precisely nothing about the Austrian people – but the rabid reaction to the Fritzl horror reveals a great deal about the sense of loss, confusion, desperation and chauvinism amongst opinion-formers here at home.

I wonder what Thomas Bernhard would have to say about Herr Fritzl and his neighbours? I don’t think he would be as sanguine as Brendan O’Neill – who goes too far in wanting to impose caution and restraint on his fellow hacks.

There probably are casual factors which are peculiarly Austrian – along with a great many that are not.