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I’m proud to live in a culture in which I can go for a beer, shag a bird in the alley behind Spaggers’ Nite Spot, then go home and look at gay hobbit porn. These are western values. These are things our own ruling class despise. – Commenter Ian B, who has probably set a local record by having his remarks made into ‘Samizdata quote of the day’ on consecutive days. Give that man a cigar! January 7th, 2008 | 102 comments - (Comments are closed)
 Imagine telling somebody twenty years ago that by 2007, it would be illegal to smoke in a pub or bus shelter or your own vehicle or that there would be £80 fines for dropping cigarette butts, or that the words “tequila slammer” would be illegal or the government would mandate what angle a drinker’s head in an advertisement may be tipped at, or that it would be illegal to criticise religions or homosexuality, or rewire your own house, or that having sex after a few drinks would be classed as rape or that the State would be confiscating children for being overweight. Imagine telling them the government would be contemplating ration cards for fuel and even foods, that every citizen would be required to carry an ID card filled with private information which could be withdrawn at the state’s whim. They’d have thought you a paranoid loon. – Samizdata commenter Ian B. We do not have to imagine these things any more, alas. The only problem with his quote is that he omitted to mention assault on jury trials, Habeas Corpus, double-jeopardy… January 6th, 2008 | 83 comments - (Comments are closed)
As you might expect, vegetarians will have a somewhat rough time here. For most people in Argentina, a vegetarian is something you eat. – Idle Words in Argentina On Two Steaks A Day Bonus quote: Upon reading the article Mr de Havilland announced that he’s booking a ticket to Buenos Aires… January 5th, 2008 | 23 comments - (Comments are closed)
It’s ultimately kind of sad that the controversial person in the race is Ron Paul rather than Huckabee. – Jonah Goldberg, who is no fan of Ron Paul, discussing ‘Liberal Fascism’. Seeing as we, well I, have ‘diss’ed’ Jonah in the past on Samizdata, let me plug his new book. January 4th, 2008 | 25 comments - (Comments are closed)
A smaller state in Victorian terms isn’t on the cards. The electorate would take flight at such talk. What the electorate is after, however, is a redrawing of the state’s boundaries. There is no fall in demand for collective services like health and education but voters are seeking two clear advances in their freedom from such a redrawing exercise. The first is to gain greater freedom from a centrally run ration book-type state service where there is a set menu, often a single item, that has to be consumed at a certain time. The second demand is for taxpayers to use their own money to run their own services. – Frank Field, Labour MP. He is probably right, but once people get into this habit of choosing to live their lives as they please, who knows where it may end up. January 3rd, 2008 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
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I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us. – Lauren Caitlin Upton, eloquently the making the case for home schooling. December 31st, 2007 | 38 comments - (Comments are closed)
Why is it always sadder when tragedy strikes hot people? – Ugly Betty, smuggling profundity in with the fluff. December 30th, 2007 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)
Slavery was in fact the very first form of “Renewable Energy”. Slavery was green! And, what is even better, slavery was sustainable – it lasted for thousands of years, until the ability to use fossil fuels gave us the liberty to feel bad about it. Whenever someone waxes eloquent about “Renewable Energy”, think slavery. Because that is where wishful thinking is taking us. – Commenter Alice. December 29th, 2007 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)
We were thinking of challenging the Taliban to a game of football on Christmas day, but I’m not sure they’d get the joke. – Sgt Kraig Whalley, 29, Royal Military Policeman December 26th, 2007 | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)
The welfare state has largely failed as an anti-poverty weapon… Higher welfare payments often encourage students to drop out of school, they often encourage families to disintegrate, and they often lead to lifelong dependency. – Robert F. Kennedy December 25th, 2007 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. – Rush. It is my birthday, so a little personal reminiscence is in order. The man who introduced me to Rush, 29 years ago, subsequently turned down physics fellowships at both Oxford and Cambridge to become a Baptist missionary. I guess he took his instructions from the first part of the verse. December 22nd, 2007 | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)
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