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People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.
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The New York Times, sect. 4, p. 13 (April 11, 1993).

 

Anna Quindlen

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You can't blame me sure the killer was my son
but I didn't teach him to pull the trigger of the gun
It's the killing on this tv screen
you can't blame me it's those images he's seen.
Well you can't blame me says the media man
Well I wasn't the one who came up with the plan
And I just point my camera at what the people want to see
Man it's a two way mirror and you can't blame me.

 

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