When I think about the busybody government, intruding into our lives, based on the moral will of a few, I get angry. A quote I came across recently says it better than I can.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -C. S. Lewis
In some ways living under the reign of Al Capone in Chicago. Sure he was a murderous thug, but he was only supplying the black market for alcohol made possible by meddling do gooders like Molly Hatchet.
I'm sure if I lived during that time I would have been drinking his illegal booze, and lamented the moralists who wished to control my life.
Is anybody here?
Posted by: Albert at September 29, 2006 02:27 PMThat reminded me of that Pink Floyd song where he quietly asks, "Is anybody out there?"
"...busybody government, intruding into our lives, based on the moral will of a few..." You already know.
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