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Your article reminded me of a long past incident. High School Honors English. The teacher hd assigned Brave New World and there was an uproar from the PTA. I was able to finally find out what the complaint was: it had nothing to do with test-tube babies, nothing to do with contented regimentation, nothing to deo with negative portrayels of Fascist Henry Ford (he had a tank factory in Nazi Germany operated FOR Adolf (we bombed it during the war, he sued our government and won!). No nothng like that. They objected to contraceptive belts! How dare the school advocate such things that would lead their virginal doughter astray? I knew that virgins were in very short supply at the school, but belief is more important than fact. Next semester, the teacher assigned BUDDENBROOKS!

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I think you've hit the nail on the head with their desire to keep us all in a child-like state.

When you read Mein Kampf, did you notice how much AH kept talking about taking responsibility? For me, it was that more than anything else that put him in such sharp relief with politicians of our time.

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