Until a real hobgoblin comes along, then the Cynics will never believe in it...

Doug Franklin wrote:

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:58:59 +0100, Bob W wrote:

I have concluded that all governments want to be totalitarian, and are always working towards that end. They use whatever tools they have at their disposal to restrict rights and freedoms, and to
generally inflict their will on the people [...]
Hear, hear! I vote for Bill.

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

TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ





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