I read this and I thought of /lit/: >A woman allegedly h
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I read this and I thought of /lit/:
>A woman allegedly held captive in a commune for 30 years was inspired to escape by the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter books, a court was told.
>She was beaten and threatened by her Maoist cult father but fought back against his control after reading the books, jurors heard.
>Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, let her read the novels because he identified with the characters, it was claimed.
>He denies cruelty to a child under 16 and false imprisonment.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34923884
>>7409607
>Maoist cult father
What the hell is that?
>>7409607
>LOTR and HP promote intractable behavior and "free thinking"
/lit/ is always right.
>>7409610
This is more common than you probably think.
>>7409610
I had this tiny Maoist Creationist Chinese kid in my school. He was called Danny Fung but we all called him Fanny Dung; or Fu-Man-Chu because he cut his minorly lip shaving once and developed a phobia of blades. He didn't like the UK and left after failing the only class he liked, which was drama (he also couldn't act and had a weird voice).
As far as I know, his dad was pretty high up in China.
>>7409610
China's still kind of fucked up, a lot of people see Mao as a divine figure (kind of like the Supreme Leader in North Korea)
>>7410454
>Mao
>not divine
>>7409874
>Maoist Creationist
>>7410481
>2015
>not thinking that Mao created the universe
It's like you enjoy being a pleb.
>>7409874
>>7410481
>>7410486
Chairman Mao is the Red Sun in the hearts of people of all ethnic groups, and Lei Feng is His prophet.赞美安拉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJb2u2fVofw
>>7409607
Honestly her taste isn't so bad. She gets two thumbs up from me.
>>7411013
Bump to spread the truth
>>7411013
Lei Feng is such a hilariously lame heroic figure. Although I guess that was the idea. "You too could polish your shoes, read Chairman Mao daily, and be heroically martyred for the revolution when your buddy backs a truck into you!"
>>7411288
OK Deng Xiaoping
>>>/g/ulag
