[Oratam]

Mr. Cassidy concludes, "Putting on my amateur historian's cap, I might even claim that some subterfuge is historically necessary to get great reforms enacted."

"And the serpent said unto the woman, 'Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods . . . .'"

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Awesome post.

[MrB]

"Putting on my amateur historian's cap, I might even claim that some subterfuge is historically necessary to get great reforms enacted."

Great reform that you mentioned...

In the minds of these elitists, it is necessary to lie to the public because they are not smart enough to see the superiority of the "know better" class's ideas, and that's why they oppose them.