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Old 05-13-2014, 07:01 AM   #19761
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I think one has to accept these as being the prevalent British social attitudes of the 1970s, when the books were written. I was a teenager in the 1970s, and I certainly remember drunk driving as being socially acceptable, although of course illegal.
Yes, I agree it's a question of accepting that the books are of their time.
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