He sounds like a very smart man this H. L. Mencken.

Jon


On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 14:40, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Anyone seeing “We need GREEN DAM software filters: American-syle” here?
> >
> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10458759-245.html?tag=mncol;title
> >
> >
> >
> > Wouldn’t shock me to see requests for NAC-like requirements to hit the
> > Internet.
>
> The first, and most relevant quote, then a link, then a few more
> quotes to top it off...
>
> The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed
> (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an
> endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
> H. L. Mencken
>
> http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8272
>
> The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to
> rule.
> H. L. Mencken
>
> Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
> H. L. Mencken
>
> The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to
> think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and
> taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the
> government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
> H. L. Mencken
>
> Kurt
>
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>

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