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Urbane Guerrilla · 07-19-2007, 02:37 AM

Bruce, the horrors were part and parcel of the socialist system; it required them because revolutions devour their children, particularly if they are attempted as a comprehensive revision of human nature. Human nature is not malleable enough to be changed by revisions of the political order. These revisions, etcetera, are always about moving the citizens about like chessmen, in accordance with some higher-up's plan.

"Barbed wire always seems necessary to keep the chessmen on their squares." -- P.J. O'Rourke

07-19-2007, 02:37 AM	#39
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Bruce, the horrors were part and parcel of the socialist system; it required them because revolutions devour their children, particularly if they are attempted as a comprehensive revision of human nature. Human nature is not malleable enough to be changed by revisions of the political order. These revisions, etcetera, are always about moving the citizens about like chessmen, in accordance with some higher-up's plan. "Barbed wire always seems necessary to keep the chessmen on their squares." -- P.J. O'Rourke __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.