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i believe people ask rhetorical questions to prove a point or leave a sense of guilt on their subject . for example take Jeff last week he complained to a local school about truancy he believed the school were doing nothing about the truancy and said DO YOU WANT THESE CHILDREN TO LEARN he hopes the teachers feel that there not doing there job and feel guilty.

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