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Bold and brave young entertainers embrace their lowest common denominators of animal behavior to advance their careers. <\/span>You can see the \u2018shocking\u2019 cover in this link<\/span><\/a>. \u2018Shocking\u2019 since, given the cinematic manure that has been shoveled for the last decade or so from so many circles, the saddest thing is how blah this seems. As any intelligent person says, it\u2019s not a question of if<\/em> we will eventually turn to blood-sport, but when<\/em>. Meanwhile, peasants and commoners who embrace our \u2018nothing but animal\u2019 approach to life will be condemned and ostracized accordingly<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A civilization that insists humans are nothing but glorified animals should be ashamed of itself for acting shocked when its citizens end up acting like nothing but glorified animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"