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Journeyman

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5. "I think about my education sometimes . . .

Sun May 29, 2016, 02:28 AM

May 2016

"I went to the University of Chicago for a while after the Second World War. I was a student in the Department of Anthropology. At that time, they were teaching that there was absolutely no difference between anybody. They may be teaching that still.

Another thing they taught was that nobody was ridiculous or bad or disgusting. Shortly before my father died, he said to me, "You know—you never wrote a story with a villain in it."

I told him that was one of the things I learned in college after the war."

[center]~ Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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Pakistani Islamic council: Men are permitted to beat their wives "lightly" [View all] davidn3600 May 2016 OP

Barbarism. Rex May 2016 #1

This doesn't sound too.... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #6

Oh for fuck's sake. False equivalency. cali May 2016 #8

Oh really?? Delver Rootnose May 2016 #10

Then Pakistani women can be comforted EL34x4 May 2016 #14

"lightly" Jnclr89 May 2016 #2

I recommend people watch Fareed Zakaria's piece on Islam on cnn. applegrove May 2016 #3

Obviously a result of American foreign policy Democat May 2016 #4

"I think about my education sometimes . . . Journeyman May 2016 #5

In all other countries, they just do it without permission... TomVilmer May 2016 #7

Look at all of the replies minimizing this or blaming Christians Democat May 2016 #11

Must not criticize the Third World Ex Lurker May 2016 #12

When I was a kid... TomVilmer May 2016 #13

Public school students in Mississippi can legally get beaten TomVilmer May 2016 #9

Looks like they are catching up with the times soon they will be like the South dilby May 2016 #15