Word: filth
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...refugee camps, where thousands huddled in filth and existed on one eighth of a pancake a day, many now shouted "Bring back the British...
...book ever produced by man reeks with as much murder, sodomy, incest, rape and filth as does the so-called word of God. ... No book has held back the march of science as much as has the Bible...
Under the guise of protecting the public from exposure to indecency, mayors, police commissioners, or decrepit vegetarians often suppress works of considerable artistic or educational merit. While some degree of censorship may be necessary in order to keep real filth from unsuspecting readers or playgoers, the censorship can most safely be conducted by a jury--the system preferred by such an expert in this field as Professor Chafee. Certainly a verdict rendered by twelve untainted citizens is likely to be less biased than one coming from some group that habitually deals in vice, and feels that it has a "mission...
Proudery and arrogance dissolved rapidly on Berhala. The prisoners shared the floor with swarms of vicious rats. The diet consisted of rice sweepings, a tough, rubbery green vegetable and tea. For latrines there were two tin buckets. Filth and vitamin deficiency brought on dysentery, influenza, beriberi and several other diseases, mostly untreated. When the guards weren't slapping faces in anger, they were patting bottoms lewdly. Yet some of those same guards would unexpectedly share their food with the children, permit wives to see husbands in defiance of rules, even assist in smuggling provisions and medicines from friendly Asiatics...
...fenced grounds, which were given over to neighborhood pigs, fowl and scabby babies. It had been occupied by the Japanese for eight years, and neglected for eight years. Consequently, it was in an absolutely revolting state of disrepair: no furniture, tat ami (raised floors) everywhere, brokendown plumbing and lighting, filth, filth and more filth...