Flash! Fiction 3 by Peter McMillan - HTML preview

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"To protest."

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"Did you know that Chicago eliminated its football program after the war?" asked Willard, nosing through the menu which he must have known by heart.

"The Bears?" I asked.

"No! The University of Chicago. The president said it interfered with the academic standing of the university."

"I didn't know that. Why did you bring that up?"

"There are some people who think that's the way we should go."

"Do you agree?" I asked.

"As a matter of fact, I do. Don't you think those giants we saw in the cafeteria the other day are out of place in a university, kind of like dinosaurs in Manhattan?"

"Well, I guess, but— "

"Consciousness raising. That's what I mean. We — and I mean everybody — need to have our consciousness raised. Not to exploit the theatrical, but it's evolution — evolution we can direct. Maybe, in our local situation, more like nudge."

"That sounds a little like social engineering, and isn't that why you thought we should read 1984, B rave New World— "