Lefty writes:
Sorry to add to the S/N ratio, but I can't resist passing on this (unattributed) quote I saw in someone's .sig:
Giving power and money to the government is like giving whiskey and keys to a 17 year old.
P. J. O'Rourke, _A_ _Parliament_ _of_ _Whores_
He is American, I presume? Sorry to draw this tangent even further out, but I can't resist pointing out that in the UK it is perfectly legal to give whiskey and keys (car keys, I assume) to a 17 year old, and the heavens have not fallen. "Petrol and matches to a 5 year old" might be a better comparison. -- ____ Richard Kennaway __\_ / School of Information Systems Internet: jrk@sys.uea.ac.uk \ X/ University of East Anglia uucp: ...mcsun!ukc!uea-sys!jrk \/ Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.
Richard Kennaway writes of P.J. O'Rourke:
He is American, I presume? Sorry to draw this tangent even further out, but I can't resist pointing out that in the UK it is perfectly legal to give whiskey and keys (car keys, I assume) to a 17 year old, and the heavens have not fallen.
The issue for O'Rourke is not the legality of doing so; it's the wisdom of doing so. I can't resist pointing out that it's no wiser to give drunken teenagers the car keys in the UK than it is in the USA. --Mike
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