“Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.” --Jonathan Swift
Thursday, March 6, 2014
"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
These have been around in places hither and yon, but they bear repeating.
Wherein your friendly Nanny, as in "Nanny State", is actually more like Catherine the Great:
And when that kicks in, the corollary also applies (from Despair.com):
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Comments are welcome and discussion is open and encouraged. I expect that there will be some occasional disagreement (heaven knows why) or welcome clarification and embellishment, and such are freely solicited.
Consider that all such comments are in the public domain and are expected to be polite, even while contentious. I will delete comments which are ad hominem, as well as those needlessly profane beyond the realm of sputtering incredulity in reaction to some inanity, unless attributed to a quote.
Links to other sources are fine so long as they further the argument or expand on the discussion. All such comments and links are the responsibility of the commenter, and the mere presence herein does not necessarily constitute my agreement.
I will also delete all comments that link to a commercial site.