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Old 03-09-2015, 11:49 PM   #296 (permalink)
PaulB2
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Quote:
Your freedom to swing your fist stops at my nose
Your freedom to drive what you like stops at your property boundary
(and even then I don't think you should be allowed to pollute "our" air).
Robert Heinlein said something related to this:
"Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort."
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