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John Carter's avatar

The Agent Smiths of the Matrix have always been there, it seems.

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Richard Miller's avatar

This "anathematizing" by power possessing people who feel insulted reminds me of chapter 11 of Beelzebub's Tales, "A Piquant Trait of the Peculiar Psyche of Contemporary Man," where Beelzebub explains what could happen to his grandson Hassein if ever it is discovered that he called us three brained beings 'slugs.' As Mullah Nassr Eddin puts it, at best "you wouldn't have recovered your senses before the next crop of birches."

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