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Human beings have an unalienable right to invent themselves when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing.
Germaine Greer
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Germaine Greer
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 29
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Once a paper admits any principle of censorship for survival, the we-don't-want-to-do-it-but-we-don't-want-to-lose-the-printer kind of censorship, it jeopardizes the integrity of its editorial principle. It's better to print and be damned, because you'll be damned anyway.
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