Re: A fine reason to ban weapons
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... a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. 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. - c.s. lewis
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The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.
-Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928).
The intellectual dishonesty of abhorring many freedoms that they personally disagree with is a continual theme among many that post on this forum.
-Zeno
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