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=== the P-W lozenge ===

=== the P-W lozenge ===

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The idea of prisoners having a remote-controlled bomb on or in their bodies was fairly popular in late 20th century science fiction. Often this was in the form of an explosive collar around the neck—which has an obvious narrative advantage in movies, since it's always visible and can have an ominous flashing light on it; examples include ''The Running Man'' (1987), ''Wedlock'' (1991), and ''Battlefield Earth'' (2000). Less cinematically but more ickily, the bomb might be implanted inside someone's neck or skull.

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The idea of prisoners having a remote-controlled bomb on or in their bodies was fairly popular in late 20th century science fiction. Often this was in the form of an explosive collar around the neck—which has an obvious narrative advantage in movies, since it's always visible and can have an ominous flashing light on it; examples include ''The Running Man'' (1987), ''Wedlock'' (1991), ''Battle Royale'' (2000), and ''Battlefield Earth'' (2000). Less visibly but more ickily, the bomb might be implanted inside someone's neck or head as in ''Escape from New York'' (1981).

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[[File:Fortress.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Christopher Lambert in ''Fortress'']] I'm not sure whether ''On Wings of Song'' is the earliest example, but I'm fairly sure that this and the movie ''[https://letterboxd.com/hob/film/fortress-1992/ Fortress]'' (1992) are the only ones where you have to swallow the bomb—and that this was the first fictional depiction of a prison where instead of the bomb being the last-ditch mechanism to prevent escape, it's the ''only'' mechanism. In keeping with 1970s/80s conservative economic ideology, the Spirit Lake prison runs on an extreme laissez-faire model with basically no staff.

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[[File:Fortress.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Christopher Lambert in ''Fortress'']] I'm not sure whether ''On Wings of Song'' is the earliest example, but I'm fairly sure that this and the movie ''[https://letterboxd.com/hob/film/fortress-1992/ Fortress]'' (1992) are the only ones where you have to ''swallow'' the bomb—and that this was the first fictional depiction of a prison where instead of the bomb being the last-ditch mechanism to prevent escape, it's the only mechanism. In keeping with 1970s/80s conservative economic ideology, the Spirit Lake prison runs on an extreme laissez-faire model with basically no staff.

=== Basques in Spain, Jews in Russia, the Irish in England ... the decimation of Palestinians ===

=== Basques in Spain, Jews in Russia, the Irish in England ... the decimation of Palestinians ===

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