Take my love

Take my land

Take me where I cannot stand

I don’t care 'cause I’m still free

You can’t take the sky from me

I think you should follow that last sentence with a description of why that matters. I know by inference, but some may miss your point that by “killing any dog that pisses them off” they were selectively breeding for obedience to the alpha to the exclusion of all else. And then maybe extrapolate on how that trait translates into fierce loyalt to one individual which makes everything else a potential target for attack.

40th birthday twofer. Mom gave me a Kenner power droid still in its packaging that she’d saved since my childhood. One of my friends followed that with the rancor in its box.

“Did you kill anyone?” “Just cops” “No real people?” “Nah just cops”

They also discussed how students with higher grades had a better chance of going to college, while those with lower grades had a higher chance of going to jail, getting shot or getting killed, parents told The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Although there was no intended malice involved

Yeah, what harm could come from making a gradeschooler think about getting shot or going to jail every time they take a test? I’m sure it will provide great motivation instead of turning the poor kids into nervous wrecks.

“The CIA apparently believes that it is not subject to federal law,” Byrnes said.

“Oh no, not again.” -Bowl of Petunias

Grew up in the 80s and 90s. As progressive and openminded as I thought I was then…holy shit there are a lot of words and phrases I won’t touch any more because they sound archaic, racist, mysoginistic, or hateful today. Back then they were perfectly acceptable everyday things no one would bat an eye at. It does make me happy that at least in this small arena we seem to have made progress as a society.

(Should add that this is from a US perspective)