[Jarhead_22]

Thank God we have people like this noble woman willing to take the bold step of telling us what is and is not good for us.

"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives."
--R. A. Heinlein

Semper Fidelis

[Aristophanes]

Thanks for the quote by Heinlien. You saved me the trouble of reading his stuff (which I had been meaning to do after several glowing reviews here on FR). Anyone who could say something that misguided, can't be worth the time.

PS: I loved your haiku for Bin Laden.

[RadioAstronomer]

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives."
--R. A. Heinlein

Exactly!!!!

[BikerNYC]

"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives." --R. A. Heinlein

And it usually is accompanied by them saying..."We will take it upon ourselves to view this offending material and decide for you whether or not you should see it. Yet have no fear, for while the smut would surely corrupt your morals, we are immune to its ways."

[steve-b]

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.
--R. A. Heinlein

Words which should be inscribed in letters of gold above the entrance of the Supreme Court, the Capitol, and the White House.