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It was a pleasure to burn
Mildredwentoutoftheroomandslammedthedoor.Theparlour"aunts"begantolaughattheparlour"uncles."
"Nowlet’stakeuptheminoritiesinourcivilization,shallwe?Biggerthepopulation,themoreminorities. Don’tsteponthetoesofthedog-lovers,thecat-lovers,doctors,lawyers,merchants,chiefs,Mormons,Baptists,Unitarians,second-generationChinese,Swedes,Italians,Germans,Texans,Brooklynites,Irishmen,peoplefromOregonorMexico. Thepeopleinthisbook,thisplay,thisTVserialarenotmeanttorepresentanyactualpainters,cartographers,mechanicsanywhere. Thebiggeryourmarket,Montag,thelessyouhandlecontroversy,rememberthat!Alltheminorminorminoritieswiththeirnavelstobekeptclean. Authors,fullofevilthoughts,lockupyourtypewriters.Theydid.Magazinesbecameaniceblendofvanillatapioca. Books,sothedamnedsnobbishcriticssaid,weredishwater.Nowonderbooksstoppedselling,thecriticssaid. Butthepublic,knowingwhatitwanted,spinninghappily,letthecomicbookssurvive.Andthethree-dimensionalsex-magazines,ofcourse. Thereyouhaveit,Montag.Itdidn’tcomefromtheGovernmentdown.Therewasnodictum,nodeclaration,nocensorship,tostartwith,no! Technology,massexploitation,andminoritypressurecarriedthetrick,thankGod. Today,thankstothem,youcanstayhappyallthetime,youareallowedtoreadcomics,thegoodoldconfessions,ortradejournals."
"Yes,butwhataboutthefiremen,then?"askedMontag.
"Ah."Beattyleanedforwardinthefaintmistofsmokefromhispipe."Whatmoreeasilyexplainedandnatural? Withschoolturningoutmorerunners,jumpers,racers,tinkerers,grabbers,snatchers,fliers,andswimmersinsteadofexaminers,critics,knowers, andimaginativecreators,theword‘intellectual,’ofcourse,becametheswearworditdeservedtobe.
