George Smith: The Good, the Bad, and the Puritans
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Defining Puritanism and Menken's proposal for abolishing sorrows with alcohol
Menken defined Puritanism as the fear that someone somewhere is happy./nA Puritan is defined as someone who believes two wrongs don't make a right in regards to simultaneous orgasms./nMenken proposed getting and keeping the human race drunk to abolish the sorrows of the world./nMenken believed that sober men were responsible for all the great villainies in history.
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