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"Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and [sic] self-serving men. The little man has no way to judge and the shoddy lies are packaged more attractively. There is no way to offer color to a colorblind man, nor is there any way for us to give the man of imperfect brain the canny skill to distinguish a lie from a truth." --Kettle Belly Baldwin, "Gulf", Robert A. Heinlien, (c)1949 Just for one moment, let us examine that little nugget of wisdom, buried in a little-known short story, penned five decades ago....

Dear Fellow Freepers, It seems as though H&R Block has capitulated to the high-pressure scare tactics of HCI in the form of the "Alliance for Justice" making the statement that they will make sure that they will tell anyone and everyone about who is aligned with the NRA, the "out-of-touch" and unreasonable organization. H&R Block removed their advertising connection to the NRA due to this pressure. I wrote them a little note. It goes like this: Well Sir, you've really screwed the pooch this time. I don't suppose it occurred to you while you were making up your politically correct...