[Nick Beale]

Ehammond Wrote:Anyway, we should probably close up this thread shortly on account of its rampant intellectual elitism (most of that admittedly deriving from my posts).

Well before we get back to our normal business of quoting rock lyrics, there's always Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (he of "property is theft" fame):

"To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed, legislated at, regulated, docketed, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, assessed, weighed, censored, ordered about, by men who have neither the right nor the knowledge nor the virtue. "