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We have not simply to start building again; we have to start thinking again—which is much more difficult, and far more distasteful.
But it is the custom of each community to form the minds of its young in a mold, introducing a binding agent of prejudice. The result is a remarkably tough substance capable of withstanding successfully
even the pressure of many innate tendencies and instincts. In this way it has been possible to produce a man who against all his basic sense of self-preservation will voluntarily risk death for an ideal—but also in this way is produced the dolt who is sure of everything and knows what is ‘right.’
“But I would ask you to consider very carefully whether or not you do hold a warrant from God to deprive any woman of the happiness of carrying out her natural functions.”
Sexist as hell
“The thing that worries me is how many will they expect? I like babies, all right, but there are limits.”
Since women are the valuable resource maybe they should be in charge.
We smoked a cigarette
Hopefully they've been salvaging these as all hell will break loo3when withdrawal kicks in.
And we danced, on the brink of an unknown future, to an echo from a vanished past.
Death is just the shocking end of animation;
Had the catastrophe occurred by day, the main roads would have been quite impassable, and to work our way clear from the center by side streets might have taken days—spent mostly in reversing before impenetrable thickets of vehicles and trying to find another way round.
Today gridlock of dead cars would be certain no matter what time of day
My words did little to disperse that random suspicion which makes the highly conscientious so wearing.
Is it random if they always do it?
Decent intentions seem to be the most dangerous things around just now.
ejected the two spent cartridge cases and reloaded.
Why expend shells when you have triffid guns in the truck? Especially since they're quieter.
I opened some of the cases of gear and taught young Susan how to use a triffid gun.
About fucking time.
I admit that I was somewhat taken aback by this revelation.
Since they strike at sound why is this a surprise?
