"pig" as policeman

Brenda Lester alphatwin2002 at YAHOO.COM
Wed Aug 9 23:50:42 UTC 2006


FBI:
  Fat, Bald, and Ignorant
  (same period)

sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM> wrote:
  >I remember the PIG acronym as well. It may have been in 1969 or ' 70.
>
> I do not look back to the '60s fondly. Does anyone - born before, say,
>1956?
>
> JL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Odd question! With all their faults, the various movements of the '60s
were a grand relief from the ferocious, repressive conformity of the '50s
and the viciousness of McCarthyism. People were so intimidated by the red
scare that they wouldn't sign copies of the Bill of Rights.
AM


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