This was back in the '50s, pre-talk shows, ... There was not a lot of discussion about grieving. I think my parents had a lot of unexpressed grief. There was an underlying sadness around that permeated.
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It was before Vatican II and the liberalization of church doctrine. You weren't meant to eat meat on Friday in deference to Christ, who died on Friday. If you did, you went to hell, ... That way, Hitler would be in hell alongside someone who ate meat on Friday. I thought there was no justice there.
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