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peyton on Dec 17, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Computer Engineering Barbie now available

For the same reason some dictators execute people with glasses--they're only truly needed for reading, for many with those conditions.

sethg on Dec 17, 2010 [–]

I know that the Pol Pot regime considered people with glasses to be enemies of the state, but have any other dictatorships done the same thing?

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