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“Can you imagine a mother saying to a young child trying to make a sound that approximates mama, "Don't copy me, kid, . . . make up your own language," or a teacher complaining as a child tries to approximate her letters so that we can write his name saying, "Make up your own script"?”

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“I was there when the first dreams came off the assembly line. I was there when the corrupted visions that had congealed in the vats were pincered up and hosed off and carried down the line to be dropped onto the rolling belts. I was there when the first workmen dropped their faceplates and turned on their welding torches. I was there when they began welding the foul things into their armor, when they began soldering the antennae, bolting on the wheels, pouring in the eye-socket jelly. I was there when they turned the juice on them and I was there when the things began to twitch.”

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