Category Archives: politics

qotd

Penn Jillette: I don’t know, so I’m an atheist libertarian Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It’s just ganging up against the weird kid, and I’m always the weird kid.

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but of course you all thought of that immediately

Reading some neglected mail from 2007, I happen to see a quotation from Prof Paz’s speech in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: “You might even consider installing the candidates who receive the least number of votes; unpopular men may … Continue reading

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fair exchange

I have a recurring daydream that a cop asks permission to search my car and I say: “Fine, if I get to search yours.” Or: “Okay, provided that you do so in the nude. Nothing to hide, right?” Or: “If … Continue reading

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try this analogy on for size

An anarchist who uses the Internet is as hypocritical as a Protestant who uses the Latin alphabet.

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one difference between a loony loner and a policeman

When some solitary nut shoots a little girl by mistake, he doesn’t have an Internal Affairs Department to certify that he followed all procedures correctly.

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all the politics I need

I designed a bumper sticker, which is not acutely relevant just now — but I wanted to get it done ahead of the rush.

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let’s not exaggerate

It’s tempting to say that the jail sentence of Alan Shadrake confirms his allegation, but no; it doesn’t show that Singapore’s judiciary is corrupt, merely that the Republic of Singapore is a coward.

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