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The language of pornography is abusive, that of romance adoring. Both are addressed to a fetish.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Adoring
Fetish
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Abusive
Pornography
Romance
Language

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