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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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21.3.02

Intramural team calls itself 'Fighting Whities' to mock Indian mascot Unable to persuade a school to change a mascot name it considers offensive, a group of American Indian students at the University of Northern Colorado named its intramural basketball team "The Fighting Whities."
The team chose a white man as its mascot to raise awareness of stereotypes that some cultures endure
{this is the ONLY place (sfgate) that mentions the Indin angle. everywhere elese the first hit makes it sound like a bunch of yobs with racist intent}

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