...and we ought to take heed. Lewis, author of the "Chronicles of Narnia" series (and best friend of "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R Tolkien), knew the dangers of nanny-state-ism some sixty years back:
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busy-bodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
Think Europe, think New Jersey, think Hillary Clinton and our San Fran Nanny, Nancy Pelosi....will Lewis' tyranny come to America? Lord knows they are trying, all for our own good, of course, with the media informing us we are nothing short of cave-dwelling Neanderthals (or, God help you, no better than a Bush-voting neocon!) should you dare to think independently, and choose otherwise...
Link via Pejman at his Chequer-Board...
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