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...asked to analyze a political point," he says. "Our teacher said that two of his three observations were correct because they accorded with Comrade Stalin's views. But the third deviated from the official line. The only explanation for my friend's heresy, the teacher said, was that the devil had taken over part of his brain. That's what school was like...
...savings and loan industry start baying for the abolition of an agency that indirectly gave $30,000 to a now dead photographer. When Robert Mapplethorpe, that much overrated lensman, posed with a bullwhip stuck like a tail in his anus, he was parodying the image of the devil. He could not have foreseen how literally it would be taken by folk who have never clapped eyes on the photo itself...
...oldest fighting unit. Their stirring anthem and brave slogan -- "Semper Fidelis," always faithful -- have lifted patriotic hearts for 122 years. They have won some of the most revered battles in military history: Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Inchon. Their nicknames are synonyms for fierce fighting men: Jarheads, Leathernecks, Devil Dogs...
...should also add that drug experimentation is stupid, pejorative portrayal of women as sex objects is disgusting, and devil worship, no matter how light-hearted, is wrong...
Worshipping the devil is certainly one of the most repulsive activities to most Americans. So it is no surprise that several metal bands have taken to employing Satanic motifs in their music and acts. But an examination of lyrical content will turn up few if any words seriously advocating devil worship...