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Gene Simmons

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My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.

 
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"WARNING! FACT ALERT FOR ALL KNUCKLEHEAD PIXELANTES!
FOR ALL YOU GAMER MORONS WHO CLAIM, SANS YOUR FRONTAL LOBES, THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT PLAYING VIOLENT GAMES CAUSES HARM IN MINORS, PLEASE READ THIS, IF YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO READ. HOOAH!
http://www.apa.org/ppo/childmedia/testimony2.html
Jack Thompson, and have a nice day ;)

 
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