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John Robson
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Dung comes out, soap goes in

In my bonus contribution to the National Post “What we’ve lost” series I try to retrieve the bar of soap once used to wash out the mouths of people who swore in the wrong place or at the wrong time, and the self-control that went with it.

Arts & culture, Columns, Crime, Family and Gender, Life, Media, Modernity, National Post, Philosophy, Religion, ValuesJohn RobsonMarch 20, 2026
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