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juliangregorian
on Aug 4, 2015
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My Life Unmasking British Eavesdroppers
Like Brave New World, it appeals to (most of) our distaste for treating people differently based on their class. Meritocracy and all that.
JoeAltmaier
on Aug 4, 2015
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Sure I get all that. But that theme was poisoned by the fact that, he should
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have been in the astronaut program, because heart condition. Which leaves him just a lying cheat, and not sympathetic.
juliangregorian
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He didn't have a heart condition, that was the whole point, congrats on an epic whoosh.
JoeAltmaier
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" high probability of several disorders and an estimated life span of 30.2 years"
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