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Thread #103419   Message #2108201
Posted By: Little Hawk
21-Jul-07 - 12:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: The birth of Great Britain
Subject: RE: BS: The birth of Great Britain
Anybody remember Lenny Bruce? He repeated the various banned words of his day over and over until they became ridiculous and thereby completely lost their power to manipulate and unhinge the listener. They became laughable instead of shocking.

It was a refreshing time...quite unlike the present "rule by fear" consensus which has decided that certain words cannot be spoken...or even printed...in any context whatsoever.

Pitiable that a nation of people should be reduced to this kind of fearmongering thought control, in my opinion.