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Comment author: FiftyTwo 01 February 2012 08:39:38AM 2 points [-]

"The Rationalist Society"

(Possibly its a British thing, but society sounds far better/more benevolent than Institute or similar.)

Comment author: komponisto 01 February 2012 05:45:25PM * 1 point [-]

society sounds far better/more benevolent than Institute or similar.

I have the opposite reaction: "society" sounds much more potentially menacing (whereas "Skull and Bones Institute" makes me laugh out loud).

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