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reACTIONary

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8. I haven't looked into it, but I bet...

Reply to MrSlayer (Reply #2)

Thu May 10, 2012, 10:58 PM

May 2012

...they aren't. My intuition is that this is more of a sensationalist media rumor and "moral panic". After one or two more news cycles no one will mention it ever again.

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