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14 Aug
QOTW - Zappa, 8/14/00

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Forwarded-by: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.com>

"We live in a world where people preach at you constantly (like now, even)
 telling you not to be fat, you can't smoke, you can't eat butter, sugar is
 bad for you, *everything* is bad for you - especially sex.

 Every natural human urge has been thwarted in some way or another so that
 some cocksucker gets to make a dollar off your guilt.

 Certain people buy into this because they don't want to rock the boat.
 Unfortunately, adaptation of this nature requires that the adaptee
 willingly destroys his own personality.

 If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your
 mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest or some guy on TV telling you how
 to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT. If you want to be a schmuck, be a
 schmuck - but don't wait around for respect from other people - a schmuck
 is a SCHMUCK.

 [...]

 People should be encouraged to look after their own self-interest, but
 avoid *inflicting* yourself on other people - especially don't inflict
 yourself on a schmuck. The guy has already made his choice. CUT THE SCHMUCK
 SOME SLACK."

	- Frank Zappa in _The Real Frank Zappa Book_[1]

[1] http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0671705725

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