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I found myself wondering what C.S. Lewis would think of these times and remembered a quote- which turned out to be from the book of essays "God in the Dock".

I'm sure that Fulton J. Sheen, and Chesterton would have quite a bit to say - it would be juicy I'm sure and not at all favorable to that false prophet Dr. Fauci.

1 posted on 07/13/2020 5:42:34 PM PDT by zadox
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To: zadox
not at all favorable to that false prophet Dr. Fauci.

Nonsense - public health laws are for everyone else's right to not be infected by you.

The Lewis quote is spot-on as regards the War on Pot and other "vice" laws, though.

2 posted on 07/13/2020 5:46:47 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: zadox

Dont kid yourself

Cwii is a 100% necesity

Not a welcome one, just a necessary one


3 posted on 07/13/2020 5:46:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: zadox

Bkmk


5 posted on 07/13/2020 5:56:16 PM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: zadox

How can they Speak?
Churches are Closed.

Hey, wait a Minute


7 posted on 07/13/2020 6:12:14 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (READ,,,Stanford Prison Experiment)
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To: zadox

I love his writing!

Someone else here recommended a book from him and I want to read it soon.

Ever since I read “The Abolition of Man” I have been a fan:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/3340640858/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Excellent, excellent, excellent writer. Deep!


8 posted on 07/13/2020 6:15:36 PM PDT by Red6
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The quote comes from an essay about humanitarian punishment under the law - is it for a crime or a sin or a disease, is it to accomplish punishment or deterrence or a cure?

A few sentences after the above quotation comes these lines which strike me as relevant to the proliferation of grievances for which some are now demanding redress:

“To be ‘cured’ against one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level with those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.


9 posted on 07/13/2020 6:16:11 PM PDT by Montaignes Cat (HER)
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