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To: LouAvul

“Drugs are bad. M’k?”

So are alcohol, tobacco, and fatty foods. You gonna ban them, too?

C.S. Lewis had you pegged before you were even born:

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

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51 posted on 11/25/2019 6:47:13 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

Excellent reply. Bumping that.
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C.S. Lewis ...:

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”


107 posted on 11/25/2019 11:54:07 AM PST by TianaHighrider (God bless President Trump. Prayers for PDJT and his loyal supporters.)
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