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yellerpup

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7. Here's another quote:
Sun Aug 26, 2012, 01:06 PM
Aug 2012

From a pro-choice activist who admired her:

"There was a quote I thought was attributed to her, but I can’t find it anywhere on the internet. “The piano player in the whorehouse knows what’s bumpin’ upstairs.” She was referring to some hypocritical political situation, but I can’t remember exactly what. After all, it’s been 40 years.
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This is a wikipedia explanation of what that quote means.

A piano player in a whorehouse is one that claims innocence in an unethical situation.
To what extent does the piano player contribute to the illegal goings on around him?
It is a statement that implies that the metaphorical piano player has a mitigated culpability.
It could also mean that the piano player is superfluous; i.e. People don't go to the whorehouse to hear the music.

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abortion would be a sacrament Flashmann Aug 2012 #1
Funny! fleur-de-lisa Aug 2012 #3
K&R! yellerpup Aug 2012 #2
Love her. DURHAM D Aug 2012 #4
K&R nt avebury Aug 2012 #5
"Are you the alternative?" ... Ha! That's side-splitting. Scuba Aug 2012 #6
Here's another quote: yellerpup Aug 2012 #7
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