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$ "Consider the inexorable logic of the Big Lie. If a man has
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a consuming love for cats and dedicates himself to the
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protection of cats, you have only to accuse him of killing
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and mistreating cats. Your lie will have the unmistakable
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ring of truth, whereas his outraged denials will reek of
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falsehood and evasion. Those who have heard voices from the
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nondominant brain hemisphere remark of the absolute
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authority of the voice. They know they are hearing the
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Truth. The fact that no evidence is adduced and that the
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voice may be talking utter nonsense has nothing to do with
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facts. Those who manipulate Truth to their advantage, the
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people of the Big Lie, are careful to shun facts. In fact
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nothing is more deeply offensive to such people than the
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concept of fact. To adduce fact in your defense is to rule
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yourself out of court."
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nest$ dup
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55 wrap$ cr
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75 wrap$ cr
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say "-- William S. Burroughs, Ghost Of Chance, 1981" cr
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