"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
The War on Free Speech
"It takes a lot to shut me up. I tend to be first past the post with an opinion, right or wrong, and not much brings me up short in that area. I must confess, however to falling speechless and slack-jawed for a moment at the sheer gall of a CBS News Internet poll accompanying the story of two men sentenced Tuesday in the United Kingdom ("Brits get 4 years prison for Facebook riot posts," August 17): 'Is four years prison too harsh for a Facebook post?'"
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