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> Heartbreaking..

Civilized society is just an illusion. Imagine. How many people with power and authority must have known about Ian Manuel, and did nothing about it. What is civlilized about that?

And finally the action had to come from a non-government body, even after the POTUS banned the thing?

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> Civilized society is just an illusion.

It's a fragile, flickering flame, for sure. Many don't understand how fragile. I don't think it's an illusion, personally, but I can see that in more situations than not it's non-existent.

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