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First graders who have just learned to read, should not be faced with the dilemma of choosing between life and death. Their schoolbooks tell them that a heroic death is much better than life. Texts similar to those found in premilitary training manuals, practically drip with blood. Experts who have analyzed these “serious†books have […]