Les Jones: XRLQ

October 08, 2004

Quotes > XRLQ

The notion that government has no interest in discouraging any behavior it doesn't (or shouldn't) ban is beyond silly. Frankly, I'm not sure which I dread more: an authoritarian government that prohibits alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, adultery, strip joints, poor dietary habits or encouraging one's kids to learn as little as possible in school, or a looneytarian one whose members feel duty bound to pretend there is nothing socially undesirable about any of these things.

Politics is the art of the possible. Bad politics is the art of stamping one's feet, alienating potential allies, accomplishing nothing, and patting oneself on the back for remaining ideologically pure.
- XRLQ, on this comment thread

(Either one of these paragraphs would be great by themselves. The fact that XRLQ managed to string them together is a triumph. - LJ)

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Comments

Thanks for the link. I generally agree with X with regards to the issues he mentioned, but of course abortion is fundamentally different from strip joints and poor eating habits in that abortion directly affects what is arguably another human being.

Posted by: Michael Williams at October 08, 2004