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BadgerSituation t1_itgnfl2 wrote

Reply to comment by lordatomosk in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis

I wouldn't be surprised either way.

Pratchett was extensively well-read and referenced current events, history, and fiction more times than the average person would even notice.

But he also had a deep understanding of people and would easily come to the conclusion that a man is still a boy to his mother.

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