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*[Puritanism is] the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. |
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**[[H.L. Mencken]], {{cite news|url=http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/28289|title=Iran's vice squad|publisher=[[w:Scripps Howard News Service|Scripps Howard News Service]]|date=November 12, 2007|accessdate=2007-11-13}} |
**[[H.L. Mencken]], {{cite news|url=http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/28289|title=Iran's vice squad|publisher=[[w:Scripps Howard News Service|Scripps Howard News Service]]|date=November 12, 2007|accessdate=2007-11-13}} |
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*I am confident that, in the marketplace of ideas, sexual pleasure will trounce Puritanism — and almost everything else. |
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**[[w:Jacob M. Appel|Jacob Appel]], [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-m-appel/alabamas-bad-vibrations_b_300491.html "Alabama's Bad Vibrations"], ''Huffington Post'', Sept. 25, 2009. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 16:02, 3 October 2010
Puritanism originated as a Protestant response to Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism. It involves strict religious disciple and opposition to social pleasures. In modern times it has come to denote certain Islamic fundamentalist movements, too.
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- [Puritanism is] the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
- H.L. Mencken, "Iran's vice squad". Scripps Howard News Service. November 12, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
