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Man reading sign: Don't mess with Texas.
Other guy: What the fuck does that mean?
Man: I'm not sure, but I don't think we should be throwing these dead bodies here by the look of this sign. It says littering is a $500 fine.

References in popular culture
On July 19, 1986, four members of the New York Mets baseball club, in Houston for a series versus the Astros, were arrested at a Houston nightclub. Homemade signs held up in the Astrodome by fans at the following night's game read «Don't Mets With Texas.»
Former U.S. President George W. Bush used the phrase in his acceptance speech at the 2000 Republican National Convention.
After the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball club lost the 2010 World Series to the San Francisco Giants, Gary Thomas, President and Executive Director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) lost his bet and had to fly to the San Francisco Bay Area and serenade patrons using the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Thomas was quoted as saying, «You know there's a saying that goes, 'Don't mess with Texas. Well DART, don't mess with BART.»
But “Don’t mess with Texas” is a phrase that inspires Texans of all regions and all alma maters and incites mass derision from the rest of the country. Although this mark of Texas swagger is used to elicit Texas pride in a myriad of situations, it was, and continues to be, a relatively trashy call to arms. Literally.
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“Don’t mess with Texas” has, in the words of McClure, “ so reached into Texans’ DNA that I think they just feel like it’s been around forever.”
Тут такое дело.
С одной стороны химоружие Ирака, которое так и не нашли и все в том же духе.
С другой стороны, история знает немало примеров массовых суицидов в различных сектах.
А потому пример вполне себе годный в качестве иллюстрации тезисов, изложенных автором статьи.

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