"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
2 China Rights Lawyers Slapped With Lifetime Ban
"Chinese authorities tend to crack down on anything they see as dissent, and many are uncomfortable with the increasing assertiveness of the country's lawyers. Many lawyers have been punished for working on sensitive issues like the Falun Gong, the spiritual movement the communist government has banned as an evil cult — apparently concerned it could threaten the state's authority."
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