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Забавная цитата о либертарианцах из письма Declan McCullagh (известного сетевого активиста) в рассылку cypherpunks:
...But they were Cato-type libertarians. This is not meant to be critical of the Cato Institute. What I mean is that the folks at the Reason event worked at Cato and other groups like IHS, CEI, AEI, and so on -- groups that have adopted a mode of advocacy that is more academic and scholarly than activist.

Instead of saying:
Fuck big government.

They'll say:
As decades of scholarly work in the public choice arena has shown, government entitlement programs at the federal level result in continued inefficiencies and rent-seeking.

It's a matter of how you say it.
Цитаты:
Что такое ностальгия?
Another popular fallacy is to suppose that flying machines could be used to drop dynamite on an enemy in time of war.
— William H. Pickering, 'Aeronautics,' 1908
"No-one could possibly have believed that the defendant was suggesting sexual intercourse with the Selective Service System"
Jesus had a tough life. I read about that guy. Jesus is the only guy that ever came back from the dead that didn't scare the F--- out of everybody!
Хорошая рецензия на новую книгу Ричарда Докинза — сборник его эссе, полных глупых нападок на религию, битком набитых интеллектуальной бесчесностью, как ему и свойственно, особенно в последние годы. Две хорошие цитаты, с которыми я полностью согласен: "So long as his understanding of Christianity remains at the sophomoric level, Dawkins does not deserve full attention". "Finally, I don't want to sound paranoid or insecure, but I do wish that he and other science writers would cease assuming that philosophical issues can be solved by talking in a brisk, confident voice."