# Dead Poet's Society: Wasn't the stuffy headmaster right?

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**Created:** [July 5, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-poets-society-wasnt-the-stuffy-headmaster-right/455388 "2008-07-05T16:26:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-poets-society-wasnt-the-stuffy-headmaster-right/455388/61 "2008-07-08T19:12:40Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
True. But, N.B.: If Neil had not committed suicide, they would have had **no emotional damage whatsoever** from Keating’s teachings – not even from any tendency he might have instilled in them to rebel against authority.  
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Apart From That, Mrs. Lincoln, How Was The Play? 😃

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