Dustin M. Wax

writer, educator, anthropologist, and freelance thinker

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A Plea for Help

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When I was a young'un, back in the late '80s, I heard a tape of a comedy bit in which a metal-shop-esque instructor teaches the practical ins and outs of torture--a play on the US training of torturers in Central America. I can remember a couple of lines:

"The first thing you're going to need is a big table. I prefer metal because it lasts longer..."

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