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I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.
L. Neil Smith
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L. Neil Smith
Age: 75 †
Born: 1946
Born: May 12
Died: 2021
Died: August 27
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Lester Neil Smith III
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Forget 'redeeming social value,' dirty pictures are fun. When I die I want my ashes sprinkled over a nudist camp.
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Government is about stealing and nothing else. That's all it's ever been about. That's all it'll ever be about.
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As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.
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This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
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