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Default cheap, opportunistic mockery (but the bulbs are crap)

When Brussels banned, with solemn hype,
Bulbs of the incandescent type,
The citizens of Euroland
Were firmly led to understand
That eco-friendly light bulbs would
Be unequivocally good.
Yet many opted to dispute
The value of the substitute.
'This bulb,' they'd howl, 'is not worth shit!
It shatters if you look at it,
It costs the earth, and what is more
Our house is darker than before.
Add five percent of mercury.
A green device? I disagree.'
Such critics, whose complaints were not
Acceptable, were quickly shot.
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