quote:For two centuries, an extreme protectionist policy barred all foreigners from setting foot inside Japan…except for on one tiny island, a cramped cultural crossroads where anything could, and did, happen.
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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.
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"A mob is a place where people go to get away from their conscience" Atticus Finch