Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do
PART II: WHY LAWS AGAINST CONSENSUAL ACTIVITIES ARE NOT A GOOD IDEA
LAWS AGAINST CONSENSUAL ACTIVITIES CREATE A SOCIETY OF FEAR, HATRED, BIGOTRY, OPPRESSION, AND CONFORMITY; A CULTURE OPPOSED TO PERSONAL EXPRESSION, DIVERSITY, FREEDOM, CHOICE, AND GROWTH
Idiot, n. A member of a large
and powerful tribe
whose influence in human affairs
has always been
dominant and controlling.
AMBROSE BIERCE
The soft-minded man
always fears change.
He feels security in the status quo,
and he has an almost morbid
fear of the new.
For him, the greatest pain
is the pain of a new idea.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
We are all full of weakness
and errors,
let us mutually pardon
each other our follies
it is the first law of nature.
VOLTAIRE
Now the 21st century approaches and with it the inevitability of change. We must wonder if the American people will find renewal and rejuvenation within themselves, will discover again their capacity for innovation and adaptation. If not, alas, the nation's future will be shaped by sightless forces of history over which Americans will have no control.
JOHN CHANCELLOR
Arnold Schwarzenegger was
paid $15 million for his role in
Terminator 2, and spoke 700 words.
That's $21,429 per word. Such classic
lines and their monetary value:
Hasta la vista, baby, $85,716;
I insist, $42,858; and
Stay here, I'll be back, $107,145.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
When we got into office,
the thing that surprised me most
was to find that things
were just as bad
as we'd been saying they were.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Let us forget such words,
and all they mean,
as Hatred, Bitterness and Rancor,
Greed, Intolerance, Bigotry.
Let us renew our faith
and pledge to Man,
his right to be Himself,
and free.
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in and keep step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command. Then, more than ever, it is the duty of the good citizen not to be silent.
CHARLES ELIOT NORTON
James Bryce wrote his classic study
of the United States,
The American Commonwealth,
in the 1880s.
One of the chapters is titled,
The Best Men Do Not
Go Into Politics.
JOHN CHANCELLOR
Prejudice
rarely survives experience.
EVE ZIBART
The Washington Post
Copyright © 1996 Peter McWilliams & Prelude Press
Last Revision: December 2, 1996