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weapons in one hand, fire in the other."
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Arson--fire, by the way,
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is one of those my friend, Jim Scott at Yale,
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calls weapons of the weak.
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A match to a harvest or a roof of a chaumière,
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a thatched cottage, can do some serious mischief.
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What these grain rioters want to do,
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very ordinary people,
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men and particularly women--
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remember, women are responsible for the household economy.
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Also young people and also children.
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What they want to do is they're putting forth claims.