The Cold Times
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Last published Fri, May 18, 2018
"I saw many horrors throughout the course of this recording. I am unable to describe some things, as many events are best left lost in history. In the school's history class, we learned about the first Holocaust; and how it never happened. I hope that some of the disturbing things I've seen are not lost in history, but simply not spoken about, so as not to scare people." After a one-child policy in a largely expanding world, more must be done. So sad as it may seem, families must be divided. There will be one child per family, for every family. One way or another.
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